Whats with all the Springfield bashing

[Karl_Pilkington]

just saw another fantastic news piece on Channel 4 news about how crappy Springfield is and how the Main Street district is a wasteland full of empty storefronts.  At least the news is onto the fact that this neighborhood is garbage.  The news story also featured someone claiming to be StephenDare! telling it like it is, blah blah blah.. springfield sucks, main street is crap etc.  Good Stuff!

[Stenodave]

i hear that the show "The Wire" based hampsterdam on parts of Springfield.  

I just spit my coffee out!  Thanks! I needed a good laugh.

I have only been surfing these forums for a few weeks as me and the wife were doing research before possibly buying a house in Springfield and I will say that one thing that I have seen here and on every forum is that Stephen Dare is an idiot.  He might be able to write in prose and talk his way out of a situation but that guy has a "hard on" for Springfield that is unhealthy.  It almost seems like when my 3yr old pulls a girls hair and is mean to her which translates to him thinking she is pretty. Good lord Stephen, give it up.  It's past your bedtime, let the adults talk.

To everyone else that has hit me up in PM's here and on other forums, thanks for giving me honest thoughts and opinions even if they were bad or good.  At least they weren't so biased that I couldn't evaluate them and learn something.  I know that Springfield isn't the Garden of Eden, but I can now see that it is BECOMING a community that I would be proud to raise my family in.  Nothing is perfect, don't get me wrong.  I know what I will be buying into when I get there and it isn't the picture that Stephen is trying to paint.  

[sheclown]

Underroos are sooooo cool.

[Stenodave]

Underroos are sooooo cool.

I know, aren't they???  Oh to be a kid again LOL

[cindi]

garanimals and underooos - i know a lot of adults that could really benefit from these two items.

[sheclown]

i hear that the show "The Wire" based hampsterdam on parts of Springfield. 

I just spit my coffee out!  Thanks! I needed a good laugh.

I have only been surfing these forums for a few weeks as me and the wife were doing research before possibly buying a house in Springfield and I will say that one thing that I have seen here and on every forum is that Stephen Dare is an idiot.  He might be able to write in prose and talk his way out of a situation but that guy has a "hard on" for Springfield that is unhealthy.  It almost seems like when my 3yr old pulls a girls hair and is mean to her which translates to him thinking she is pretty.  So it is either that, or Stephen (which of course we all know his real name) lives with his mom and sits away in his room wearing his underroo's typing away while staring at his poster of the "New Kids on the Block" poster and dreaming of a day when he can live in an abandoned building in Springfield or maybe he is part owner of this website so he just keeps putting up stuff just to get people talking in order to put him in a better position to sell the website?  Good lord Stephen, give it up.  It's past your bedtime, let the adults talk.

To everyone else that has hit me up in PM's here and on other forums, thanks for giving me honest thoughts and opinions even if they were bad or good.  At least they weren't so biased that I couldn't evaluate them and learn something.  I know that Springfield isn't the Garden of Eden, but I can now see that it is BECOMING a community that I would be proud to raise my family in.  Nothing is perfect, don't get me wrong.  I know what I will be buying into when I get there and it isn't the picture that Stephen is trying to paint. 

One thing Stephen has that is in short supply around here is gonads -- if having the courage to speak your mind makes you an immature idiot -- the world could use more underroo wearing heroes.

[Dan B]

Yeah... gonads... thats what we are lacking around here.

You clearly have never been on a late night walk with any of these people....

[sheclown]

Dan, I would never accuse you of not speaking your mind. 

Clearly, I was NOT referring to you.

[cindi]

obviously the reference was to me.  my therapist told me i need to start speaking up, i just don't know.

[Stenodave]

i hear that the show "The Wire" based hampsterdam on parts of Springfield. 

I just spit my coffee out!  Thanks! I needed a good laugh.

I have only been surfing these forums for a few weeks as me and the wife were doing research before possibly buying a house in Springfield and I will say that one thing that I have seen here and on every forum is that Stephen Dare is an idiot.  He might be able to write in prose and talk his way out of a situation but that guy has a "hard on" for Springfield that is unhealthy.  It almost seems like when my 3yr old pulls a girls hair and is mean to her which translates to him thinking she is pretty.  So it is either that, or Stephen (which of course we all know his real name) lives with his mom and sits away in his room wearing his underroo's typing away while staring at his poster of the "New Kids on the Block" poster and dreaming of a day when he can live in an abandoned building in Springfield or maybe he is part owner of this website so he just keeps putting up stuff just to get people talking in order to put him in a better position to sell the website?  Good lord Stephen, give it up.  It's past your bedtime, let the adults talk.

To everyone else that has hit me up in PM's here and on other forums, thanks for giving me honest thoughts and opinions even if they were bad or good.  At least they weren't so biased that I couldn't evaluate them and learn something.  I know that Springfield isn't the Garden of Eden, but I can now see that it is BECOMING a community that I would be proud to raise my family in.  Nothing is perfect, don't get me wrong.  I know what I will be buying into when I get there and it isn't the picture that Stephen is trying to paint. 

One thing Stephen has that is in short supply around here is gonads -- if having the courage to speak your mind makes you an immature idiot -- the world could use more underroo wearing heroes.

Having gonads and talking to just hear yourself talk are two different things and it seems that the people on here sometimes can't tell the difference.  And that comment isn't aimed at you.  

I have never read a post by Stephen were he admits he is wrong or even says anything positive about Springfield. I have never known anyone that has never made a mistake but apparently I have now, with Stephen.  Just seems a little ridiculous to me.  

[sheclown]

cindi, don't scare us like that.

[mtraininjax]

springfield sucks, main street is crap etc.  Good Stuff!

If only the RAP people could take off the blinders to see the whole world as it is and realize that RAP is dead, and just does not know it.

[Sportmotor]

WOW my post got deleted but Stephen's didnt even tho he showed MORE disrespect to someone?

Oh I suppose I will have to have a nice talk with you next time I see you in Three Layers

[Sportmotor]

I have never read a post by Stephen were he admits he is wrong 

AGAIN..

sadly I find this very true.

[samiam]

Have anyone read this sound like a must read for Springfield (jacksonville Fl) I need to get a copy

At Home In The Park: Loving A Neighborhood Back To Life

What's the difference between a group of houses and a real community? Author Lola L. Lucas explores this question in "At Home in the Park: Loving a Neighborhood Back to Life."
Lucas chronicles the rebirth of Enos Park, a section of Springfield, Illinois, just north of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Like many cities, the area went through a period of urban decay before rebounding. The Enos Park Neighborhood Improvement Association (EPNIA) was largely responsible for this change.

Lucas's columns about Enos Park have appeared in the "EPNIA Banner" since 1992. With wisdom and wry humor, she shows why it's worth the effort to reweave a neighborhood's social fabric in order for residents to once again enjoy their homes. Lucas writes about community policing, ice cream socials, neighborhood patrols, and evening strolls on tree-lined sidewalks. Through the efforts of the EPNIA, the citizens of Enos Park reclaimed their streets and loved their neighborhood back to life

The greenest house is a house allready built