Hey Brewster: Here’s some advice for YOU about dissing St. Louis
- Brewster McCracken
If your name is Brewster McCracken, you might have had a hard time at recess when you were a kid. Maybe people still pick on him — and that explains why he picks on others.
McCracken, you see, wants to be the mayor of Austin, Texas. But instead of running an ad saying why he’d make a great mayor, and what he can do for that city, he’s running one ad that disses St. Louis — hard. He points out that in 1904, St. Louis hosted the World’s Fair and probably thought it was the center of the universe. According to Brewster, things have gone downhill since then.
“Entire sections of St. Louis urban core have been abandoned for decades. There’s a warning to cities all over the country from St. Louis’ story.”
Really? Entire sections? I’m sure Brewster did careful research to back up that claim.
We know St. Louis has its problems. I’d venture to say Austin has better Tex-Mex food, hotter summers, and no world championship caliber baseball. But is the best way to run for office in one city really to talk smack about another one?
I’m sure Mr. McCracken would appreciate hearing from St. Louisans about our city. His email address is info@brewstermccracken. com. Maybe he’ll enjoy getting some e-mail from the Midwest.
But meanwhile, what do you think of his campaign tactics, and what do you think of his attack on St. Louis?
Mr.Mc Cracken shuld be upset.He know we got Austin beat when it come to police corruption,sexual transmitted disease,unemployment,welfare,crime and murders and carjackings and all the things that make St.Louis the great city that it is.No wonder he’s jealous of The Lou!!!
I left St. Louis in 1975 for the Navy, the city had over eight hundred thousand residents, the last time I looked the city I now call home, Corpus Christi, TX. has a larger population than St. Louis proper. I grew up 2 blocks from Sportsman Park, now look at the area. THis is what happens when liberals are in charge, look at Detroit. This man does not want this to happen to Austin TX, which we call moscow on the Colorado.
stltransplant well said. I completely agree with you. I grew up in the county, but have since moved downtown.
The problem is that many in the St. Louis region view the city as a crime ridden core, and they are scared of the thought of combining with it. When I moved downtown, people I worked with would ask if I was scared to live there. Unfortunately, many of their thoughts are reinforced by petty crime in the city. I have had my car broken into twice in 3 years. My brother was mugged in the late 90s in Soulard. Unfortunately the school system is a mess, and a lot of kids dont go. These are the same kids that break into cars and are menaces to the city region. This needs to be stopped, and the question of how is a good one. Any ideas?
I say again…
If you don’t like Saint Louis then you can always move. There is no law(that I know of)that requires you to stay here. Oh yeah, you have a job here that pays your bills. Maybe Florida or California would be a better fit for you.
Way to represent our city and be proud.
I love Saint Louis and plan to reside here for many years to come.
Jason the revitalization of St. Louis has won nation wide awards. It is the model being set up by Denver. The problem is it now needs to spread to the north part of the city, along with smaller pockets of south city. Also people in the region need to support the area.
Again the biggest problem is that St. Louis is not combined with St. Louis county which makes us always end up on the top of everyone’s crap list (crime, murder, STDs, ect).
Tommy -
You want us to leave St. Louis because we won’t sugar coat everything that’s wrong with it?
It’s called being realistic….
No, this is totally wrong: his ad should say that he is going to make his city exactly like STL. That he will split the city up into fiefdoms so that the city’s core empties its population, car theft will remain high, illiterates will become neighborhood wardens, multinationals will leave, funding for public transit disappears, he will make their waterfront look like a Mad Max movie, he will decrease the air quality, and make sure that people become fatter. They will elect him for his humor.
Hey Tommy, why “say again”? Because your opinion was irrelevant and no one took the bait?
In the evening, I leave my comfortable, pretty well paid tech job. I either walk or ride my bike home, through tree-lined streets of century-old homes. On the way there are kids (white, black, asian) all out playing in the street with each other. A lot of their toys and bikes are accidentally left out overnight; they’ll still be there in the morning. When I get home, my neighbor across the street waves and says hello. I head to my back porch, grab a cold beer, turn on the Cards game, and ponder my myriad choices of non-chain, non-fast food options for dinner. In my 6 years living here, I’ve never encountered a theft let alone violent crime.
What city do I live in? Saint F-ing Louis. And I don’t want to leave.
This man told the truth and did not lie or exaggerate, so why is there a problem? The topic should be how to eliminate this stigma. It starts in the community…but that is not even on the radar. You get out what you put in. I guess the truth stings sometimes.