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[–] Sanctus 60 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, no! Looks like officials were bribed to spend money on stupid shit that is not useful in anyway! But our society needs these philanthropists. It just does.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago

And still his fanboys think this is a great idea. It's so idiotic, if it were a movie I probably would turn it off because it was too unrealistic.

[–] golamas1999 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Near me they built a pedestrian friendly trendy gentrified plaza. I looked on google maps. The parking lot is 5 times the size of the plaza.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago

The could've actually built a transport vehicle thrill ride hybrid but they decided to build a dystopian traffic jam simulator

[–] neanderthal 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Trams are perfect for the strip. One with maybe 5 or so stops would probably get a lot of use.

[–] Sketchpad01 12 points 11 months ago

Las Vegas Loop sounds like a Mario Kart track

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Can you even turn that thing in a metro?