r/lansing

This city is so dead at night. That was going to be the title of this post, but it sounded far too ominous and this is just a social commentary. It wasn't always this way. There was clearly a point where this changed, and I presume the pandemic was the inflection point. But seriously...damn. The bars aren't busy during a show, and they are totally dead afterward.

I don't have a point other than lamenting the loss of the social aspects of this city. Town, not city. Maybe village. What's a step below village? Intersection with a blnking light. That feels like Lansing these days. Maybe I'm just in the wrong place at the wrong time though. I mean, you just step away for three and a half or so decades and everything changes...it's not right. There's no place for the vamps to vamp these Wednesday nights.

I went there with my child to play in the park and the entire time two cars were driving 1 mile per hour around the entire parking lot. They kept stopping and just staying in one place (not parking). The entire 40 minutes they did not get out of their cars or stop to talk to anyone. They kept circling.

Near the end one of the cars stopped driving around and when I got in my car to leave they were parked at the exit to the park and sped off when I pulled up.

One was a Subaru sized station wagon looking vehicle and the other was a small to midsized Acura suv.

First off, not the thing someone should be doing in an area that you either 1. Get to the trails from or 2. Bring kids to play.

And secondly, not the thing you should be doing with all the trails that run through there with what’s been going down on the trails.

Edit: no magical reason someone creates for why this is normal is going to make me think it is. I know several women in my life who would feel VERY uneasy about being at that park with their kid in this situation.

I am searching my brain and can’t seem to remember the phone number we called from our landlines to hear the time.

Most of the time I did this so a friend could call me late at night and it would come through as call waiting instead of ringing and waking my mom.

I called that number so many times you would think it would be etched in my memory, but I can’t seem to remember it. Anyone else remember the number?

I can still hear her voice in my head though …“At the tone the time will be”

I am looking to build a small community of individuals who are spending their 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's healing from the effects of being raised by emotionally immature parents. Parents who are narcissists, struggling with addictions, or otherwise not the parents you needed. The world is a hard enough and stressful enough place without that support that other people have. I am not sure what this would look like yet- maybe a safe discord group where people can come and ask for life advice, share wins, vent, share pet pics, when they do something that makes them feel good and they have no one to turn to. I don't know if anything like this already exists or not. Feel welcome to comment any thoughts you may have and if this is something you'd be interested in.

Cutting to an oddly timed “station identification/commercial” just now during the debate seems entirely inappropriate. Cutting off one candidate’s statement is absolutely inappropriate. Absolutely shameful.

Is there anywhere in town that takes nursery pots? I did a bit of landscaping this summer and I have probably 6 nursery pots with a diameter of 1 ft. I hate to throw them away. Is there anywhere that takes them? Thanks for any help.

I created it- and it is looking great! I have questions for those of you who expressed interest.

1. Should we keep it local to Michigan, or expand it to across the country? World wide?

2. Does anyone know the ins and outs of adding Discord bots so people can assign themselves roles and select channels? If so, would you be willing to help or walk me through step by step?

3. Anything specific that y'all would like to see incorporated into this discord server? Any other comments, thoughts, suggestions?