Yasm@programming.dev to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoPeople in Boulder, Colorado protest the sale of a downtown parking lotprogramming.devimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1223arrow-down1imagePeople in Boulder, Colorado protest the sale of a downtown parking lotprogramming.devYasm@programming.dev to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square31linkfedilinkfile-text
https://boulderreportinglab.org/2026/08/23/boulder-city-council-approves-5-8-million-sale-of-downtown-parking-lot-for-110-room-hotel/
minus-squarezoloftt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 days agoThe sale would be to build a hotel. It’s not like hotels reduce the amount of vehicles people are driving. It’s potentially worse than the parking lot.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoWhere should they put the hotel then? In the middle of nowhere so people have to drive there?
minus-squarezoloftt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-221 hours agoThere are quite a few jotels already there so I’m not sure what your point is?
minus-squareArmok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 day agoWho says they need a hotel. Might as well ask where they would put the used car dealership.
minus-squareGodric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYeah, nobody ever goes to Boulder CO, anyone dumb enough to visit their kid at UC can easilly sleep in their… car…
minus-squareArmok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoOk fine then, another hotel.
minus-squarezoloftt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-220 hours agoThere are quite a few in Boulder already, quite a few near UC Boulder… So what’s your point?
The sale would be to build a hotel. It’s not like hotels reduce the amount of vehicles people are driving.
It’s potentially worse than the parking lot.
Where should they put the hotel then? In the middle of nowhere so people have to drive there?
There are quite a few jotels already there so I’m not sure what your point is?
Who says they need a hotel. Might as well ask where they would put the used car dealership.
Yeah, nobody ever goes to Boulder CO, anyone dumb enough to visit their kid at UC can easilly sleep in their… car…
Ok fine then, another hotel.
There are quite a few in Boulder already, quite a few near UC Boulder… So what’s your point?