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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Springfield encompasses 4 zip codes (22150, 22151, 22152, and 22153). It is over 28 square miles. I think the OP is mainly thinking about 22150, which is central Springfield. Central Springfield can look daunting and sprawling and old near the 495/395 interchange. It is full of post WWII housing. We should count our blessings that this area exists. We need all kinds of areas and people to make the DMV function. That housing still functions for people. People like to dismiss Lewis and Edison high schools, but quite honestly many people have gone on to pretty good lives after getting their starts there. Sometimes adversity will make you tough and give you the drive to succeed. I would not dismiss people just because they live or lived there. Ask me how I know. [/quote]

Honestly?

The board of supervisors need to find a way to update the zoning laws to eliminate that Paper Moon Strip Club and the other adult video store from central Springfield.

Neither of those places should be allowed to exist within walking distance of homes, apartment complexes, Lewis high school and multiple elementary schools.  Or if they won't fix the zoning issue that allows a strip club adjacent to schools and homes, they need to severely regulate and curtail the operating hours so it closes during normal daytime business hours.[/quote]

The closest elementary school is three miles from Papermoon. Lewis is about five miles. That's hardly adjacent. How far does it need to be? [/quote]

Not in a neighborhood shopping area next to Talbots and across from baskin robbins, a few minutes walk from several residential neighborhoods full of children and close to nearby schools.

Move it to some urban industrial park full of car repair shops or next to a truck port in some isolated rural area 10-20 miles from schools and homes.

Get that trashy strip club and adult video store out of central Springfield, so the residents can have a nicer community, not a seedy trashy strip joint that is packed at 10AM and 2PM.

Put in some nice apartment housing and retail space.[/quote]

Isn't the Whole Foods right there, too?[/quote]

Yes.

They are trying to develop that area to make it more functional and to improve the general area.

But as long as the main central landmark of Central Springfield is literally a giant all hours strip club and a separate XXX adult video store within walking distance to several area schools, then there is no amount of development that will make that area liveable.[/quote]

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