Good infrastructure left to rot and then turned into a "rail trail" combined with abandoned industry. Welcome to St Louis.

  • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The Trestle is a perfect symptom of the way capital paints a pretty picture over poverty and dead industry. See? There's nothing wrong! Everything's fine!

      • VHS [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        In my city we have one of these former rail bridges as a bike bridge now. While it's sad that it used to carry trains and doesn't anymore, it is hand-painted and weathered so it looks a lot nicer than this obnoxious branding. Pretty good trail too. I wish cities would be planned properly so there can be railways and bike paths instead of this zero-sum thing.

        • BigLadKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          I remember how bike friendly SNCF was in France. You could spend you day riding and taking the trains between more distant villages. I maintain :france-cool: , but SNCF is a lovely thing.