STL is boring

[Ridge1982]

…oh, and their airport is named after a St. Louisan.

 

[rumrokh]

St. Louis is not exciting. Most places aren't. Not a big deal.

But most people are extremely okay with that and find it below mention. The ones who aren't okay with that and like to run their mouths tend to be people like former athletes who couldn't hack it at 32 and are still looking for anything and everything to distract them from the reality of their situation.

 

[STL fan in MN]

For a guy whose career ended by the Canes trading him to the Panthers for the purpose of buying him out so nobody had to watch him play anymore NHL games, he sure is mouthy.

Didn’t even realize he went into stand-up comedy.
Former NHL goalie Darling finds new career in stand-up comedy
This article talks of how he went to Raleigh and talked about how their city sucks and how he purposely puts on a persona of arrogance so he can “eviscerate” hecklers. So I guess that’s his shtick…

Sounds to me like a new comic that hasn’t grown past the Trimuph the Insult Comic Dog stage yet.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

For a guy whose career ended by the Canes trading him to the Panthers for the purpose of buying him out so nobody had to watch him play anymore NHL games, he sure is mouthy.

Didn’t even realize he went into stand-up comedy.
Former NHL goalie Darling finds new career in stand-up comedy
This article talks of how he went to Raleigh and talked about how their city sucks and how he purposely puts on a persona of arrogance so he can “eviscerate” hecklers. So I guess that’s his shtick…

Sounds to me like a new comic that hasn’t grown past the Trimuph the Insult Comic Dog stage yet.

For a comedian, its pretty funny his funniest joke is his hockey career. Went from being a okayish backup in Chicago, to being a shitastic starter in Car and out of the NHL.

 

[CraftyVeteran]

 

[ort]

Sounds to me like he's looking for attention and we're giving it to him.

 

[joe galiba]

i am so f**ing bored

 

[BlueSeal]

Someone is butthurt and it’s not us lol.

I drink heavily from the tears of Scott Darling, cry in my cup, cry!!! Soooo refreshing!

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

Couple of things

1- How the hell did he have a NTC? Ever? He would come crawling here if we offered a contract.
2- Is he aware that the players that come here usually stay, and rave about it?
3- I've asked this of people before, but can anyone explain to me what makes Chicago a better city than St Louis? The L-Train is convenient I guess. It has great food, just like St. Louis. It has high crime, just like St. Louis. Not saying STL is 100x better but how is Chicago any better?

 

[joe galiba]

Couple of things

1- How the hell did he have a NTC? Ever? He would come crawling here if we offered a contract.
2- Is he aware that the players that come here usually stay, and rave about it?
3- I've asked this of people before, but can anyone explain to me what makes Chicago a better city than St Louis? The L-Train is convenient I guess. It has great food, just like St. Louis. It has high crime, just like St. Louis. Not saying STL is 100x better but how is Chicago any better?

Well, in Chicago, every morning and every evening you do get an extra hour to hour and a half all by yourself in a car, so there is that

 

[stl76]

Couple of things

1- How the hell did he have a NTC? Ever? He would come crawling here if we offered a contract.
2- Is he aware that the players that come here usually stay, and rave about it?
3- I've asked this of people before, but can anyone explain to me what makes Chicago a better city than St Louis? The L-Train is convenient I guess. It has great food, just like St. Louis. It has high crime, just like St. Louis. Not saying STL is 100x better but how is Chicago any better?

I love St. Louis, but Chicago is a world class city. I’m sorry, but the top end of Chicago (food/shopping/entertainment/etc) is better than anything St. Louis has to offer.

That said, who the f*** cares about Scott Darling or anything he has to say?

 

[Mike Liut]

There’s not a better place to raise a family than the suburbs of STL. Chesterfield and Wildwood are my home places. I seldom leave this area. Unless It’s winter and I’m at my condo in Naples.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

I love St. Louis, but Chicago is a world class city. I’m sorry, but the top end of Chicago (food/shopping/entertainment/etc) is better than anything St. Louis has to offer.

That said, who the f*** cares about Scott Darling or anything he has to say?

I used to think that about Chicago, but then I went to NYC for first time. Chicago only looks great in those areas by comparison to other midwestern cities (Detroit, Cleveland, Indy, etc..).

 

[STL fan in MN]

Well, in Chicago, every morning and every evening you do get an extra hour to hour and a half all by yourself in a car, so there is that

OR you can walk to an El or Metro station and wait on an outdoor train platform and then have that 1 hour in a train. Extra fun when it’s raining or freezing cold outside.

 

[Thallis]

But they would be a rich man’s version of Milwaukee without the trains. We would’ve been on par with the northeast due to our location. We love shooting ourselves in the foot, don’t we LOL ?

We have the opportunity to fix the mistake if we wanted

 

[ScratchCatFever]

I find it ironic that Darling likely alienated a sizeable portion of his peers with his comments. Plenty of the these kids grow up in small towns barely to be found on the map, well beyond city limits, many of them hundreds of miles away from any major city.

Imagine Brian Sutter arriving in St. Louis circa 1976 from the town of Viking, Alberta.. If St. Louis was boring or bland you would have a hard convincing him of that, I'm sure. Just a matter of personal perception.

 

[joe galiba]

OR you can walk to an El or Metro station and wait on an outdoor train platform and then have that 1 hour in a train. Extra fun when it’s raining or freezing cold outside.

my buddy works in law enforcement for the federal government, he had to take the “company” car every day as he was always on call
he had some horror stories on some of his drives home
he was extremely happy when we was transferred

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

The Chicago people are doing that thing again. But this time it’s Scott fuc*ing Darling out of all people.

if only he could play hockey

 

[ChicagoBlues]

OR you can walk to an El or Metro station and wait on an outdoor train platform and then have that 1 hour in a train. Extra fun when it’s raining or freezing cold outside.

Well, in Chicago, every morning and every evening you do get an extra hour to hour and a half all by yourself in a car, so there is that

I had a car for only 3 of 25+ years in Chicago and it was stupid. I paid more in parking tickets, towing fees, boot fees and impound fees than I did for the car.

I traveled anywhere in and around Chicago for $75/month. It took extra time, but I spent oodles less money per month and had time to chill or do something on the train or bus.

The cost for a CTA 30-day pass is still $75.

 

[Meatball]

Taking a break from work to post this:

Maryland Heights is one of the most inspirational places on the planet.

Any other answer is just wrong.

 

[buches gooches]

Pretty obvious this was a tactic to generate traffic to his social media while also trying to engage any Blackhawks fans that still watch that sewage trap of an organization.

 

[Ridge1982]

We have the opportunity to fix the mistake if we wanted

It would require regional leaders with massive jewels to pull that off.

 

[MissouriMook]

It would require regional leaders with massive jewels to pull that off.

The St. Louis metro can and should be the central hub for any form of coast-to-coast high speed rail project should such a project get moved forward. The problem is that our local leadership will insist that the hub has to be downtown and they'll never get it to work. Too much NIMBY, too many physical obstacles, too much politicking, and not enough open space to quickly and efficiently accel and de-cel the trains. It will end up somewhere just south of Chicago and we'll miss out on the economic benefit again because we can never get out of our own way. It's what we do.

 

[stl76]

The St. Louis metro can and should be the central hub for any form of coast-to-coast high speed rail project should such a project get moved forward. The problem is that our local leadership will insist that the hub has to be downtown and they'll never get it to work. Too much NIMBY, too many physical obstacles, too much politicking, and not enough open space to quickly and efficiently accel and de-cel the trains. It will end up somewhere just south of Chicago and we'll miss out on the economic benefit again because we can never get out of our own way. It's what we do.

DC —> St. Louis —> Denver —> San Francisco

Makes way too much sense, sadly will never happen.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

PP is weak sauce right now

slow