Infoweek ranking of 10 best places in the World for Tech Workers to Love. Could be another ranking where we rank high due to the tiny denominator, just like the phony city crime rankings. But we'll take it I guess.
^ Meh, States are too vague. Urban vs Metro areas are much more accurate. In Western/Upstate NY $100k will go a lot further than it does here, but you won't see that on the list due to NYC. $100K in a medium-nice area of STL county won't get you that far.
A teacher at Vianney is caught up in the Covington Catholic thing and made the Gateway Pundit over this. I don't know if it relates to this thread but it is in the national media.
Food Network published a list of the best sandwiches in America and three local establishments landed on the list. Interestingly, I’ve not had any of the sandwiches and can say with some certainty that there’s one I’ll die happy without ever sampling (I’m talking to you, brain sandwich). https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants ... in-america
A teacher at Vianney is caught up in the Covington Catholic thing and made the Gateway Pundit over this. I don't know if it relates to this thread but it is in the national media.
Food Network published a list of the best sandwiches in America and three local establishments landed on the list. Interestingly, I’ve not had any of the sandwiches and can say with some certainty that there’s one I’ll die happy without ever sampling (I’m talking to you, brain sandwich). https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants ... in-america
St. Paul's are decent. They're cheap, but not really memorable for me. Toss a little hot sauce on it. The mayo thing is kinda gross to me though, if you're ordering it by delivery. In the end, if you can find a low-brow late night delivery place (I know, good luck in St. Louis), you can get a sack to feed the crew for like $20.
Gioia's is a place you must go, though. My first go there about 8 years ago was life changing.
I was on the edge of ordering a brain from Schottzie's years ago before the waitress pretty much told me they weren't very good. Didn't want to blow my college lunch budget on something horrible, so I chickened out. Maybe some day.
A teacher at Vianney is caught up in the Covington Catholic thing and made the Gateway Pundit over this. I don't know if it relates to this thread but it is in the national media.
I don't get your comment here. I like the local media but I thought this thread is for things relating to St. Louis that have been published on a website viewed by people all across the nation.
Well, technically any website can be viewed by people across the nation.
This is not an attempt to be political, but when I think of the "National Media" I tend to think the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC, CBS, Forbes, Fox, WSJ, etc. Not a St. Louis based website that trolls in unsubstantiated falsehoods and conspiracies. Scouring an unknown person's twitter feed for one tweet in an attempt to smear them is not journalism, and most certainly doesn't qualify as "national media." This is an STL based website run by a notorious right wing troll. It's own Wikipedia page describes it as "fake news" and says the site is known for spreading falsehoods and hoaxes. The site also has a history of falsely implicating innocent people in major shootings, bombings, and other tragedies in an attempt to smear the left.
The Gateway Pundit is not a legitimate source and should not be trusted.
Not exactly "news" but it is "media" (by a certain definition of the word). This video of the St. Louis Fire Department fighting a car fire has been blowing up fairly recently, and not in a good way. As someone who knows a bit about fire-fighting tactics/methods, this is pretty much a textbook video on how not to fight a car fire (or any fire, for that matter). The comments on the video are equally, if not more, condemning, including one (who, from their message, sounded almost like they're a member of the department) who "[thanked] the crew of Engine 1 for making every member of the STLFD look like cowboys". From the lack of hustle, to the way the fire is fought, to the complete lack of PPE being worn (a very big no-no), and the fact that they used a booster line instead of, for example, a 1-3/4" line to fight the fire reflects extremely poorly on the whole department, and, by extension, the region.
I can only hope that the appropriate department officials are aware of the video and have taken appropriate measures to counteract such a poor display of fire-fighter training, and that such issues and attitudes aren't prevalent throughout the whole department.
Apologies for linking to a paywalled article, but the WSJ has a very interesting article on the challenges for high-speed rail in America, and it extensively uses the Chicago-St Louis example as a posterchild for why the US cannot build decent high-speed rail. https://www.wsj.com/articles/high-speed ... 1551713342
^ Has the St. Louis Police Officers Association ever had a good look?
On a totally unrelated note, has anyone seen the show Superstore on NBC? Not so much news, but it is based in St. Louis and they use quite a bit of local flavor. Lots of mentions of various suburbs (the Kirkwood and Richmond Heights stores have suffered a stabbing and a basement meth lab respectively lol). In one scene the two main characters are driving a delivery truck down 7th in Soulard with the Arch in the background. In another with a health fair the Childen's Hospital logo makes an appearance a few times. They've showed the skyline several times (super embellished, looks huge) and even mentioned losing the Rams.
When that show first came out a couple of years ago, I checked it out just because of the local angle. Turns out the show was so awful that I couldn't watch five minutes before I turned it off. Just not my thing, I guess. It does seem to get good ratings, though, so what do I know?
^ My thoughts exactly, at first. It came on automatically after I finished Brooklyn 99 (Hulu) and I was about to turn it off until someone shouted St. Louis so I stuck around a bit longer. It's actually not terrible after I got further into it.
^Saw that. It's definitely alarming. I knew about Crawford and Seals, and I might have heard tangentially about one or two of the others, but I hadn't understood the sheer scope of it. It really does make you wonder if people are putting their A game into this.
And in case you thought Kansas City got over its inferiority complex, this article from KC’s local startup e-zine Startland reminds us that our little bro to the west just can’t shake its deep-seated resentment of its older nemesis on the east coast (of Missouri) :
And in case you thought Kansas City got over its inferiority complex, this article from KC’s local startup e-zine Startland reminds us that our little bro to the west just can’t shake its deep-seated resentment of its older nemesis on the east coast (of Missouri) :
That complex is going nowhere lol. Just the other day in the Star was an article about how Lion's Choice was taking over an old vacant restaurant in Overland Park and all the Facebook comments were as predictably ridiculous and insane as you'd expect. The funniest part is that when you mention KC in St. Louis it garners a shrug at best, literally no one cares in St. Louis lol.
Having said that, the startups (or lack thereof) does seem to be a real problem over here. The startup scene in this town is very dormant all of a sudden. I worked for KCMO when Google Fiber came to town and today is a far, far cry from then. They're trying to start a Cortex like development between the Crossroads and 18th and Vine, but KC doesn't have massive anchors like Washington University or even SLU. Nor does it have the large base of corporate support (only one F500 company and it employs fewer than 300 people locally). Even Google Fiber has officially stopped expanding its network in KC and has already issued refunds to those who signed up but won't end up getting the service. St. Louis on the other hand seems to be notching wins almost weekly it seems. From Benson Hill to Square to Microsoft to the booming districts like Cortex and 39 North, St. Louis has been killing it on this front lately. I actually wasn't aware that STL had over half a billion dollars in VC deals last year. That's just out-*****-standing.
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