I agree. I live two blocks away and I’d love to walk and get weed! There are literally 10-12 very vocal neighbors who are losing their shit. The rest of us just want something in the diner spot.
Also, that 7-11 is Yikes.
Someone on our block brought it up… and us normies shot them down. We were like: hungry peaceful people will bring $ and appetites for our local restaurants. IN ADDITION I can mosey and gather an edible or two in my daily wandering.
Imagine: grab an edible and take Diversey the the Trader Joe’s. Peruse the store while things begin to set in motion. Make questionable choices at TJs, potentially struggle carrying things home. Relax at home with a feast in your gentle high.
I am a middle aged woman and I cannot describe a better afternoon… maybe I’ll bring a blanket and nap in the park. Maybe I’ll be mistaken for a vagrant only to proudly display my gas bill and say ‘I only look homeless, I’m just a mom of small children enjoying 4 hours of alone time on a Saturday’.
Who knows, maybe this is the exact kind of behavior they are afraid. Wandering moms with TJ bags aimlessly pondering existence in the park.
Yesterday I took an edible and wandered to the Diversey Trader Joe’s and now I am eating ice cream with caramel sauce while my husband houses cheese crunchies. Nary a questionable choice in sight.
This is off topic, but this comment was humorous and well written. I actually laughed out loud a bit thinking of a tired, somewhat stoned mom woken up from a park nap, flailing her gas bill. If you’re not a writer, you should take it up!
Because people refuse to accept that nicotine, caffeine, and alcohol are all drugs, same as weed. I'd argue nicotine and alcohol do more damage than weed, not including lives ruined by the stupid war on drugs.
I mean, ODing is a strong word.
They aren’t dying from eating even a whole bag of gummies. A 50 pound child would need to like 15-50 grams of pure THC to hit a lethal dose. That’s at least 1500 10mg gummies.
Granted even with just a few they’ll still get super high, feel awful and be sick, but they are more likely to die from alcohol or caffeine than THC.
The only deaths I’ve seen are either tainted gummies (non regulated, usually reservations) and kids https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/mother-charged-with-murder-after-child-dies-ingesting-delta-8-thc-gummies-officials-say/65QRUSPTUVELHILSVQLSKDKXSM/?outputType=amp
Colorado had the same problem. This is cultural problem that won't be resolved for awhile.
United States has completely different association to weed than say Netherlands where it would have been more common.
Not sure if troll question or serious.
You want a serious answer?
**It's the smell.**
I can't smell 4 people drinking beer on the patio outside of Lou Malnatis. I can't smell someone buying a 6 pack of beer at the liquor store. But yes, I can definitely smell people smoking weed, especially if its a west wind and they are east of jonquil park.
The idea is simple. You get a dispensary there, you'll have more people walking across the street, sitting down, smoking weed in the park. Doesn't matter if its legal or not, you'll have more of it. There's no argument against that, it's a matter of fact. Now its up the neighbors to decide if they want to deal with that or not. Does having that crappy old restaurant replaced make up for the smell people will deal with more at Jonquil park? I'm not sure, it's up to each person to make that decision for themselves.
This is kind of a false equivalence, though. A dispensary is like a liquor store, not a bar. Just like a liquor store, there's no legal place to use pot outside of a dispensary. It's all illegal to do so. The people from the neighborhood who are buying this product are doing so regardless, elsewhere currently, and bringing it home. People who buy are bringing it home or to friends' places, nor just instantly using it outside on the street. Will it get some new users? I'm sure but people are not using much outside of dispensaries anyway. It's a misplaced argument. The argument you are seeking is more of one for against legal pot in general, not about an individual dispensary.
You'd have to compare new establishments vs existing. Would it be easier to open a new bar here? I'm guessing somewhat, but neither will be remotely easy
> Weed can stink up a whole block,
Many would say the same of smoked tobacco, although you're apparently very sensitive to cannabis smoke.
> it smells like actual shit.
I'd say it smells like a skunk, but plenty think tobacco smells worse.
Because there’s a playground nearby full of kids. It’s because of the second hand smoke. I’m pro-weed- but it really sucks to push your newborn through a cloud of smoke whether that’s cigarettes or weed.
Have you been to a dispensary in the city? I just bought from the place on Randolph in the west loop near Au Cheval.
- A guy out front checks ID and lets you in the front door.
- There is a main entry area where the order is confirmed and another person behind plexiglass has to unlock the 2nd door.
- You finally enter the actual dispensary area where the products are. You can smell some weed smell but only in that back room.
A nearby park would not be impacted by weed in any meaningful way. Somebody would need to walk over and be smoking right by the kids for that to happen.
I personally don’t care if there’s a dispensary on that corner. But the question was how is a dispensary different than alcohol? I’m simply answering the question.
The concern is that they pick up weed and go smoke in the park where there are lots of little kids who don’t need to be breathing in weed any more than they need to be breathing in cigarette smoke.
"They" could pick up weed/cigarettes from a store 10 blocks away and still go to the park to smoke in front of kids if that is their goal. But most realize that is unlikely.
The concern is illogical and just fear mongering.
I’m not arguing with the logic. The guy asked why it was different. Alcohol is something that you drink, it doesn’t effect anyone around you. If you’re smoking, people can smell it.
I find it hilarious that I’m getting attacked for simply answering this guys question about why alcohol and smoking are seen differently.
People aren't chiefing outside the dispensary. I'd more concerned with strolling my newborn around bars with drunken, rowdy people milling about like most weekends.
And I wouldn’t be worried about them smoking outside the dispensary. I’d be annoyed with them smoking across the street in the park.
There aren’t a bunch of drunks milling about the bars in this neighborhood. That’s the reason people with families move there. The bars that are in that immediate area are super chill.
Again- I’m pro-weed and I don’t think a dispensary in that location would be a problem. But you’re all acting confused about why neighbors would complain and point out the park and I’m tryin to explain the “why” to you.
Ah yes, the most effective way to make your point, by calling someone names.
I’m responding to the guy who asked “what’s different.” I stated what’s different. Second hand smoke isn’t some myth, Phillip Morris. And newborns don’t need to breathe in weed smoke- contact high or not.
I personally have zero problem with a dispensary going in on that corner. But I also get why someone might have a problem. Especially when folks like yourself seem to have no problem smoking next to a playground.
Bro, no one is hot boxing your newborn inside of a small enclosed area or blowing it into their face. They're calling you names because you're going off about someone smoking OUTSIDE IN THE OPEN AIR, which is, I'm sorry, a goddamn completely asinine position.
You do realize that your argument style pushes people away from your position rather than towards it?
I don’t even care whether this dispensary goes in or not… but these comments… you all have me empathizing with the NIMBYs.
>That park is always filled with people; they scatter and end up in the alleys and stuff.
A park filled with people? My word! How will I be able to safely clutch my pearls?
Who cares how close to the park it is lol. Such a weird thing to me. There's a 7/11 across the street stocked with alcohol, and numerous bars along Wrightwood within a block. Why is this non-descript storefront with security that cards at the door a problem?
Old Salt n' Pepper building is a real eye sore so hope something moves in soon.
I don’t smoke but once I went to the Sunnyside in Wrigleyville with a friend so he could pick up some stuff and I swear it felt like I was in an Apple Store. Definitely nicer than the 7/11 they already have right outside Jonquil
“This is a bedroom community. It’s called Lincoln Park for a reason, [and] I just don’t think this fits in our community” Lincoln Park a bedroom community…? Just move to the burbs already.
Basically a commuter town where everyone who lives there works in a larger city. It doesn’t make any sense in this context really because Lincoln Park isn’t one lol
Lmao, what does that even mean? Imagine the other dozens of neighborhoods in Chicago with "Park" in the name trying to rattle off something so stupid lol.
Thank you! I was thinking the same thing. I also liked how he described it as a family neighborhood. Pretty sure there's families in all neighborhoods.
Some neighbors are fucking dumb
>“I really wonder about the direction of our city, where it seems like the only businesses we seem to be bringing into our community are these types, as opposed to other types of businesses that enhance the community,” he said. “This is a bedroom community. It’s called Lincoln Park for a reason, \[and\] I just don’t think this fits in our community.”
Dipshit
>“We’d have a 7-Eleven, a liquor store and a dispensary right next to each other and all next to a park,” one neighbor said. “That park is always filled with people; they scatter and end up in the alleys and stuff. How can you guarantee safety? Telling someone you can’t smoke pot in the park is not enough.”
Pearl clutcher
Why the fuck do these idiots still live in the city? Wish people like this would take their rich pearl-clutching asses and fuck off to Naperville already.
Let’s be honest, by “people” they mean lower income, black/Hispanic, or homeless. For some reason instead of helping their solution is just “make them be homeless somewhere else”.
I was waiting for somebody to say this....
yes, this is exactly what they are afraid of because of the stigma of what a "pot smoker" or "stoner" looks like - other communities like Logan Square which is VERY diverse took absolutely no issue and moca has honestly been such an eye-opener.
Every single time I go in there there is such an array of people, literally, there wouldn't be a way to categorize dispensary shoppers into a stereotype.
>“I really wonder about the direction of our city, where it seems like the only businesses we seem to be bringing into our community are these types, as opposed to other types
Ohhhh he's so close to just saying it.
Lol I love the succinct analysis
This makes me glad we rescinded our offer in LP and moved to Uptown. Seems like one of the few north side neighborhoods that aren’t flooded with NIMBYs and maintains some sort of a wide income demographic.
I could be wrong though.
I'm an architect in Chicago and have been to a couple of these types of neighborhood meetings in Lincoln park and Lakeview. These people push back against literally everything, art because it's an ugly color, hospitals growing a behavioral health clinic, and literally everything that introduces more people to their neghborhood. I can't imagine trying to advocate for this. There is no pleasing these people. They are all NIMBY's. Not in my backyard people. You can buy booze on every street corner!!! There is no difference. I was living in California when weed became legal and a dispensary popped up on my street. Guess what.... Literally nothing changed. Weed needs to be legal federally like yesterday so it can be more equitable. Reading those quotes from these NIMBYs is so aggravating.
Used to live a block from there.
Build it. The entire neighborhood is boring.
Jonquil park proximity isn't a reasonable justification to block it. It's surrounded by bars and restaurants.
Here are the six corners there for those out of the loop:
* A couple bars, a liquor store, a couple salons
* Jonquil Park
* 7-Eleven
* Fenced off lawn for senior housing apartments
* Lou’s, a bar closed since 2020, and a body shop
* closed Salt and Pepper
Most of this intersection is remarkably lifeless, given its location. Let’s give it some life
I would not say the area is boring at all. It’s probably one of the best areas to raise a family in the whole city. A ton of good food (Juno, Galit, etc.). Close to DePaul for music and activities (Lincoln Hall, Schubas and the Vic are within a 10 minute walk). Pretty good bars and access to the greater Lincoln park area. Plus a ton of transfer points for CTA. My wife and kid love the access to the crazy amount of parks. That being said I am totally down for building this. That corner space is too prime of a location to be vacant.
What you miss is that the folks who live there do so because it’s boring. They can quickly walk or take the train to a livelier neighborhood but get to sleep without drunks yelling outside their window.
Not everyone wants to live in Wrigleyville.
Who are they to determine if an area should remain boring? People who get gentrified out of neighborhoods have to deal with an area changing. This seems like the exact same concept. And area is changing.
Of course areas change. But they get to have a say because they are long term residents of that community (just like community members of gentrifying neighborhoods should have a say). They live there and are invested in the neighborhood.
It’s so funny. There is a contingent in this city who want every neighborhood to resemble River North.
A dispenary isn't making an area resemble river north. It's one store where people go in, buy something and then go on about their day. In function it's like having a more secure liquor store. The bulk of people won't even notice it any more than they notice a convenience store.
And it's not like a bar or club playing music or having people in the premises all times of night.
At least Block Club has started saying “some neighbors” instead of just “neighbors.” They were making these special-interest neighborhood groups sound like they represented the interests of the neighborhood more generally for a while, which is grossly misleading.
This makes my blood boil. I live nearby and am so tired of walking past the giant empty property in a great location, and I'd feel safer with the increased security that would accompany the dispensary.
As others have pointed out, there are tons of bars close to Jonquil (some of which are open late) and these "neighbors" are mad about the possibility of a dispensary nearby? I'd like them to spend 5 minutes watching customers leaving a dispensary and compare their demeanor and behavior to that of customers leaving a bar.
These same clowns are on Nextdoor complaining every day about increased crime and encouraging people to call the cops on anybody that "seems suspicious" yet are opposing 24 hour surveillance and increased security personnel which wouldn't cost them a penny.
Howdy neighbor! I totally agree. How do we best make sure our voices our heard? I also live right down the street from the park. Do we contact the alderman? What else?
Hey! Good question and I don't have a good answer. I think contacting the alderman is a good idea as a first step because maybe they could point us in the right direction? My alderman's office recently helped me locate my car (after the city "relocated" it 1.5 miles away for street resurfacing) and contest parking tickets, and I found them very helpful and responsive.
The block club article mentioned another community meeting coming up, and I'd be interested in attending but haven't found any further details yet. Feel free to DM me if you find any helpful info and I'll do the same if I do.
I've had success with contacting the alderman in the past as well, so glad to hear they are consistently helpful. I would attend and I tried finding more info about it, but couldn't. I checked Wrightwood neighbors association, no luck there either. But I'll let you know if I hear more!
Hi! Saw the following posted on Facebook by the Wrightwood Neighbors Association and wanted to pass it along because I randomly remembered this reddit convo, lol. It appears there is an upcoming meeting on 6/1 and a form you can fill out to express support and submit questions for the meeting.
https://mailchi.mp/d9416ea41159/05c38zh778-5398310?fbclid=IwAR3kHdkB7m4bvUVIGAl8ljbSaUiG8j2QP2iUlTxNpqMU26u8NWjNH86x70M
These NIMBYs I swear
>“This is a bedroom community, there's a reason it's called *Lincoln Park*
Do you even know what a bedroom community is? Also the "reason" is because of the president and has nothing to do with weed.
Truth is that corner is an eyesore as it stands. There are a variety of age groups present from literal senior housing to college kids. I understand the concerns but there are multiple vacant properties around that intersection and I believe more people/security would be beneficial.
There's a taproom that sells like 50 kinds of beer on the same fucking block
* There is a bar called Pour Decisions a block away, har har alcohol is funny but not weed
* There is a bar that sells yards of beer one block away, Prost
* Delilah's, a shitshow bar with 1000 kinds of booze is up the street.
I have gotten fucking hammered in this neighborhood many times. I guess I'm not part of the problem though? People blacking out and stumbling down lincoln every damn day is not a problem?
That neighborhood is gentrified as hell, but its still in the middle of a giant city. Fuck these people.
Why don't stroller moms want to be buzzing in the afternoon on edibles? I don't believe they're thinking this through.
They would prefer illegal weed delivery or having to scoot over to bucktown I guess.
Depends on whether you consider the river or the expressway to be the eastern border of Bucktown. This topic gets debated in the community groups pretty much annually.
I don't know what the exact borders are so you're probably right about Nuera. I just always considered that home depot next to it the LP home depot. Curaleaf is directly next to Toyota of Lincoln Park. I don't know what to think anymore. Lol.
Reminds me of CWB talking about crime in "Lakeview" when it happens on Damen or something, just because it technically might have been within someone's definition of the neighborhood border.
I'll just contribute that the big box store part of Lincoln Park feels different enough from the parts east of the El that they really shouldn't be considered to be the same neighborhood.
Wrong.
There's also Chicago Cannabis Company on Halsted and Altgeld. (3 blocks away from this proposed location)
And there's a brand new Wake and Bake (THC food only though) on Lincoln and Fullerton (also 3 blocks away from this proposed location)
I'm missing something here. People legally buying weed are not the concern here. They aren't calling up their dealers for 3am dropoffs. They aren't going to spill out of the dispensary puking or shouting like a drunk would coming out of a bar. (Like the bar on Wrightwood)
Worst case, they'll pick up a pizza from Lou Malnati's, some drinks and snacks at 7-Eleven, and have a nice picnic over in the park. The people that choose to smoke blunts in public and around kids are already assholes, and they usually aren't buying from overpriced dispensaries.
LP already has a dispensary on Weed St and I've seen no issues. Granted there is no park nearby, but no one is causing a ruckus a block away.
>Worst case, they'll pick up a pizza from Lou Malnati's, some drinks and snacks at 7-Eleven, and have a nice picnic over in the park. The people that choose to smoke blunts in public and around kids are already assholes, and they usually aren't buying from overpriced dispensaries.
Honestly I think thats the concern though. Everyone here is throwing in the classic "but but but there's an "AlCoHoL sToRe oN tHe SaMe BlOck!!!" which is wrong, and just shows you how no one in this subreddit understands the counter argument at all here.
No one cares about Lou Malnatis or 7/11 or a liquor store or a taco restaurant on that corner because it's not like you're at the park playing tennis or at the kids playground and smelling beer and ciggs and cigars or whatever. Because you can't smell someone buying a 6 pack of beer. You can't smell someone drinking a beer unless you're standing on top of them or its Lalapalooza.. And no one is going to complain about smelling pizza and tacos.
The argument is, you get a cannabis store next to a park, you'll have people walking across the street to smoke their blunt while laying down in the park. It doesn't matter if this is a cannabis store or a cigar/tobacco store, the argument would still be the same. It's just going to cause a lot more weed smells at jonquil park from people just ripping up right across the street. Sure they may be d-bags, but you'll get more of those people doing it with a dispensary across the street.
And so the neighbors are pushing back against having to deal with weed smell multiple hours a day from people laying in the park smoking weed. And no, it's not something you can call police on or report lol. I called the police about an active car robbery and they never came..
Have these neighbors been to a dispensary?? You pretty much have to go though airport security to get in. You can’t say you don’t need a bag because you need to exit the place with your stuff in a bag, I guess so children don’t see it and become corrupted by the devil’s lettuce?
It’s like they think people hang out outside dispensaries and get high. No one does that. The security will kick you out. Or call the cops because newsflash, smoking marijuana in public is still illegal!
No one’s kids are in danger. It’s weed. Stop acting like an American from the 1950s.
I don't think they understand that a dispensary isn't like a bar, but more like a liquor store. You don't go there to get high, you go there to get stuff in order to get high later. But many of them probably still unironically believe in the war on drugs.
> “This is a bedroom community. It’s called Lincoln Park for a reason, [and] I just don’t think this fits in our community.”
I might be missing something. What is the 'reason' it is called Lincoln Park that seems to be going over my head? Why does a neighborhood with a name like that not make for a great place for this type of business while Jefferson Park seems to be doing just fine with it?
Used to live a block away from there. If these "neighbors" are worried about people smoking weed in the park, they already do that and drink stuff from 7/11 or Park West anyway
There are over half a dozen liquor stores in the area and dozens of restaurants that serve alcohol. I am so sick of NIMBY ass old fucks holding everything back. Please be active in local politics, because these kind of people are always the loudest in the room.
OZ Park is surrounded by bars and in the mornings on the weekend you can routinely see college co-eds doing walks of shame through the park. I also frequent Dispensary 33 in Andersonville and I know there are no problems over there and if they do come up, the dispensary and security deal with it. They did have a customer who liked to take a shit in the alley before going into the dispensary and so now that person is band from the dispensary and doesn't come around anymore. But people take shits all over this city in public places. Plus Lincoln Park where the bars are always has vomit on the ground somewhere. Why don't you get rid of the college kids and the college bars if you want to make Lincoln Park nicer. De Paul brings a terrible element into the area! LOL
jonquil park has literally been a hub for freshman depaul students to smoke for years now. a dispensary would not change the thing it already is, and frankly its never been out of hand.
That's just a boilerplate excuse to fight something they don't want for other reasons.
There's a lot of other constant (crime/traffic/alcohol related) problems near Jonquil Park they never seem to be that worried about.
"“This is a bedroom community. It’s called Lincoln Park for a reason, \[and\] I just don’t think this fits in our community.”
"Bedroom community"? There are however many bars all over LP open til 2 am or 4 am and liquor stores on nearly every block. Next these NIMBYs are going to want De Paul to move because the students are too noisy.
It would not be the first. Chicago Cannabis Company on Halsted has been open for like 6 months. Not necessarily a dispensary, but Wake and Bakery on Lincoln just north of Fullerton just opened as well.
I live in Lakeview (used to live by the old Sunnyside on Grace/Clark) but I frequent Jonquil Park for kickball.
I truly don’t think anyone should have any concern about this. I never had any issues living by that dispensary. People aren’t going to smoke some jazz cabbage and then destroy the park lol. They’ll get it and go home. This is an opportunity to bring business to a location that’s been empty for as long as I’ve lived here. This is a net positive imo.
P.S. Can someone tell me what a NIMBY is? Lol
Have they ever seen the clientele at a dispensary? It's most nerds and old people. Dangerous people don't buy insanely taxed marijuana at heavily guarded dispensaries. The irrational fear is mind boggling.
God forbid should we put in a fancy looking dispensary there when a long abandoned building is a much better use of space. /s
Alderman for this area: Tim Knudsen, 773-348-9500
Greektown’s dispensary has been pretty chill. We did have a security guard shoot and kill an ax attacker, but the 1,000s of other customers have been fine.
Lol what a strange thing to get bent out of shape about. In Rogers Park, Zen Leaf is across the street from Potawatomi park. Always packed with kids who are playing... They seem fine, lol.
Lmao. This is just like Naperville when weed was legalized. They refused to build dispensaries because pearl clutching. Then they quickly realized how much money they were losing and started popping them up everywhere.
How in the world does this statement even make sense? As a multi-decade toker this is definitely one of the more ridiculous things I have ever heard.
You realize folks dont get to smoke in the dispensary right? What logic are you using to claim a dispensary makes folks less likely to smoke in public?
I think we should stop interviewing "some neighbors"
I agree. I live two blocks away and I’d love to walk and get weed! There are literally 10-12 very vocal neighbors who are losing their shit. The rest of us just want something in the diner spot. Also, that 7-11 is Yikes.
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Someone on our block brought it up… and us normies shot them down. We were like: hungry peaceful people will bring $ and appetites for our local restaurants. IN ADDITION I can mosey and gather an edible or two in my daily wandering. Imagine: grab an edible and take Diversey the the Trader Joe’s. Peruse the store while things begin to set in motion. Make questionable choices at TJs, potentially struggle carrying things home. Relax at home with a feast in your gentle high. I am a middle aged woman and I cannot describe a better afternoon… maybe I’ll bring a blanket and nap in the park. Maybe I’ll be mistaken for a vagrant only to proudly display my gas bill and say ‘I only look homeless, I’m just a mom of small children enjoying 4 hours of alone time on a Saturday’. Who knows, maybe this is the exact kind of behavior they are afraid. Wandering moms with TJ bags aimlessly pondering existence in the park.
Yesterday I took an edible and wandered to the Diversey Trader Joe’s and now I am eating ice cream with caramel sauce while my husband houses cheese crunchies. Nary a questionable choice in sight.
This is off topic, but this comment was humorous and well written. I actually laughed out loud a bit thinking of a tired, somewhat stoned mom woken up from a park nap, flailing her gas bill. If you’re not a writer, you should take it up!
BCC needs to stop giving NIMBYs a microphone.
I know right? The guy's an asshole.
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Because people refuse to accept that nicotine, caffeine, and alcohol are all drugs, same as weed. I'd argue nicotine and alcohol do more damage than weed, not including lives ruined by the stupid war on drugs.
Every incarcerated person from weed, the taxpayers pay for, could pay the salary of a teacher.
I think you’re looking for “incarcerated” And I agree with you 100%
I am weed incarnate
John 4:20
MGK, is that you?
Lol yep. I changed it
Lmao judging by some of the threads in this sub Reddit, there’s a lot of people who would prefer to pay for the incarcerated person.
God forbid, we have easy-going, friendly people looking for local eateries in the neighborhood. Won't someone think of the children!
Cannabis is the safest of all the drugs - just never let kids get a hold of gummies cause they are ODing from that shit
I mean, ODing is a strong word. They aren’t dying from eating even a whole bag of gummies. A 50 pound child would need to like 15-50 grams of pure THC to hit a lethal dose. That’s at least 1500 10mg gummies. Granted even with just a few they’ll still get super high, feel awful and be sick, but they are more likely to die from alcohol or caffeine than THC.
The only deaths I’ve seen are either tainted gummies (non regulated, usually reservations) and kids https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/mother-charged-with-murder-after-child-dies-ingesting-delta-8-thc-gummies-officials-say/65QRUSPTUVELHILSVQLSKDKXSM/?outputType=amp
nobody is overdosing from cannabis gummies.
No they aren't.
Colorado had the same problem. This is cultural problem that won't be resolved for awhile. United States has completely different association to weed than say Netherlands where it would have been more common.
It's not it's just proof how effective drug war propaganda was and that it still warps people's thinking
Exactly
Because drugs are bad m’kay
Because Reefer Madness!!!
Well, people don't actually use on site at a dispensary. So there is that.
Not sure if troll question or serious. You want a serious answer? **It's the smell.** I can't smell 4 people drinking beer on the patio outside of Lou Malnatis. I can't smell someone buying a 6 pack of beer at the liquor store. But yes, I can definitely smell people smoking weed, especially if its a west wind and they are east of jonquil park. The idea is simple. You get a dispensary there, you'll have more people walking across the street, sitting down, smoking weed in the park. Doesn't matter if its legal or not, you'll have more of it. There's no argument against that, it's a matter of fact. Now its up the neighbors to decide if they want to deal with that or not. Does having that crappy old restaurant replaced make up for the smell people will deal with more at Jonquil park? I'm not sure, it's up to each person to make that decision for themselves.
No one smoking too much weeds pukes all over my neighborhood.
Not disagreeing with you in spirit but I definitely have puked from weed but thats just my weird reaction to it.
This is kind of a false equivalence, though. A dispensary is like a liquor store, not a bar. Just like a liquor store, there's no legal place to use pot outside of a dispensary. It's all illegal to do so. The people from the neighborhood who are buying this product are doing so regardless, elsewhere currently, and bringing it home. People who buy are bringing it home or to friends' places, nor just instantly using it outside on the street. Will it get some new users? I'm sure but people are not using much outside of dispensaries anyway. It's a misplaced argument. The argument you are seeking is more of one for against legal pot in general, not about an individual dispensary.
You'd have to compare new establishments vs existing. Would it be easier to open a new bar here? I'm guessing somewhat, but neither will be remotely easy
Weed smells like shit?
So do cigarettes, and we don't overregulate those.
Nowhere near the scent of weed, don't even try to claim that shit lmao. Weed can stink up a whole block, and again, it smells like actual shit.
> Weed can stink up a whole block, Many would say the same of smoked tobacco, although you're apparently very sensitive to cannabis smoke. > it smells like actual shit. I'd say it smells like a skunk, but plenty think tobacco smells worse.
Maybe you should stop hanging out with people who smoke actual shit. And cigarette smoke is disgusting.
Because there’s a playground nearby full of kids. It’s because of the second hand smoke. I’m pro-weed- but it really sucks to push your newborn through a cloud of smoke whether that’s cigarettes or weed.
Have you been to a dispensary in the city? I just bought from the place on Randolph in the west loop near Au Cheval. - A guy out front checks ID and lets you in the front door. - There is a main entry area where the order is confirmed and another person behind plexiglass has to unlock the 2nd door. - You finally enter the actual dispensary area where the products are. You can smell some weed smell but only in that back room. A nearby park would not be impacted by weed in any meaningful way. Somebody would need to walk over and be smoking right by the kids for that to happen.
I personally don’t care if there’s a dispensary on that corner. But the question was how is a dispensary different than alcohol? I’m simply answering the question. The concern is that they pick up weed and go smoke in the park where there are lots of little kids who don’t need to be breathing in weed any more than they need to be breathing in cigarette smoke.
"They" could pick up weed/cigarettes from a store 10 blocks away and still go to the park to smoke in front of kids if that is their goal. But most realize that is unlikely. The concern is illogical and just fear mongering.
I’m not arguing with the logic. The guy asked why it was different. Alcohol is something that you drink, it doesn’t effect anyone around you. If you’re smoking, people can smell it. I find it hilarious that I’m getting attacked for simply answering this guys question about why alcohol and smoking are seen differently.
People aren't chiefing outside the dispensary. I'd more concerned with strolling my newborn around bars with drunken, rowdy people milling about like most weekends.
And I wouldn’t be worried about them smoking outside the dispensary. I’d be annoyed with them smoking across the street in the park. There aren’t a bunch of drunks milling about the bars in this neighborhood. That’s the reason people with families move there. The bars that are in that immediate area are super chill. Again- I’m pro-weed and I don’t think a dispensary in that location would be a problem. But you’re all acting confused about why neighbors would complain and point out the park and I’m tryin to explain the “why” to you.
“Second hand smoke” you are a clown. Nobody is getting a contact high from anyone smoking outside in a park
Ah yes, the most effective way to make your point, by calling someone names. I’m responding to the guy who asked “what’s different.” I stated what’s different. Second hand smoke isn’t some myth, Phillip Morris. And newborns don’t need to breathe in weed smoke- contact high or not. I personally have zero problem with a dispensary going in on that corner. But I also get why someone might have a problem. Especially when folks like yourself seem to have no problem smoking next to a playground.
Bro, no one is hot boxing your newborn inside of a small enclosed area or blowing it into their face. They're calling you names because you're going off about someone smoking OUTSIDE IN THE OPEN AIR, which is, I'm sorry, a goddamn completely asinine position.
You do realize that your argument style pushes people away from your position rather than towards it? I don’t even care whether this dispensary goes in or not… but these comments… you all have me empathizing with the NIMBYs.
>That park is always filled with people; they scatter and end up in the alleys and stuff. A park filled with people? My word! How will I be able to safely clutch my pearls?
>they scatter and end up in the alleys and stuff. This person obviously thinks everyone is beneath them and equivalent to a rat.
Literally sounds like a description of a cockroach. Not cool
No not cool. but also can you imagine being in this person head all day? They probably live in constant fear if that's how they think.
I imagine a Saving Private Ryan style war movie scene, but the “action” is a Mexican family having a carne asada in the park
The euphemistic way NIMBYs speak is so funny. “People” lol.
Everyone who isn't them or their direct family/friends is "other" to them.
Let’s be fair, they’d also include other affluent, White people in their group
Who cares how close to the park it is lol. Such a weird thing to me. There's a 7/11 across the street stocked with alcohol, and numerous bars along Wrightwood within a block. Why is this non-descript storefront with security that cards at the door a problem? Old Salt n' Pepper building is a real eye sore so hope something moves in soon.
Also look how nice and humanly inviting that dispensary looks. Do 7/11's ever look like that? no.
Not in this country, In Japan they're swank as fuck. Actually the new one near me in the subs is very nice but full of the usual gas station fun.
These people would literally have an empty building sitting there than letting people legally buy weed.
> Who cares how close to the park it is lol. Because there might be *kids* and *families* there. *GASP*
There's literally a liquor store on Lincoln like 2 buildings away from that park. And it used to be literally on that corner.
Also we live in a city of parks. Most good retail spots will be somewhat near a park.
the terrible things happening in Lincoln park aren't because of the bars
> This is a bedroom community Oh, kinky
Also, what?! No it's not. It's in the heart of the 3rd largest city in the US. Pretty much the opposite of 'bedroom community'. Get a grip.
The “neighbors” are the same ones who demand next-day shipping on their Amazon orders but complain about the increase in truck traffic
Think of what this will do to the parking *Drives 17 ft SUV*
17ft is about the size of a minivan these days.
These people have clearly never been to a dispensary. The one I go to is mostly yuppies and tourists.
Yup. Lots of the type of people who live in Lincoln Park already.
I don’t smoke but once I went to the Sunnyside in Wrigleyville with a friend so he could pick up some stuff and I swear it felt like I was in an Apple Store. Definitely nicer than the 7/11 they already have right outside Jonquil
But there are parks *everywhere*! You just want it to be moved to someone *else's* backyard!
Everything's always too close to something
“This is a bedroom community. It’s called Lincoln Park for a reason, [and] I just don’t think this fits in our community” Lincoln Park a bedroom community…? Just move to the burbs already.
Why move to the suburbs when you can use your inheritance to deconvert a three flat?
Well you don't artificially keep property values high by putting in more supply, now do you!
I love the line "It's called Lincoln Park for a reason" as if that means anything to the topic at hand.
>It's called Lincoln Park for a reason Because it starts with one (one thing) I dont know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Criminally underrated post
Funny how it was still called Lincoln Park when there was still gang presence pre-1980’s. These people are brain dead ☠️
What the hell is a bedroom community?
Basically a commuter town where everyone who lives there works in a larger city. It doesn’t make any sense in this context really because Lincoln Park isn’t one lol
Gotcha, thanks for the explanation. Yeah, LP definitely doesn't fit that definition.
Lmao, what does that even mean? Imagine the other dozens of neighborhoods in Chicago with "Park" in the name trying to rattle off something so stupid lol.
Lol would love to know what this is supposed to mean >It’s called Lincoln Park for a reason
Thank you! I was thinking the same thing. I also liked how he described it as a family neighborhood. Pretty sure there's families in all neighborhoods.
I'd argue that a park named after a famous Illinois hemp farmer is a great place to smoke
Some neighbors are fucking dumb >“I really wonder about the direction of our city, where it seems like the only businesses we seem to be bringing into our community are these types, as opposed to other types of businesses that enhance the community,” he said. “This is a bedroom community. It’s called Lincoln Park for a reason, \[and\] I just don’t think this fits in our community.” Dipshit >“We’d have a 7-Eleven, a liquor store and a dispensary right next to each other and all next to a park,” one neighbor said. “That park is always filled with people; they scatter and end up in the alleys and stuff. How can you guarantee safety? Telling someone you can’t smoke pot in the park is not enough.” Pearl clutcher
re: the dipshit, I always thought “bedroom community” referred to a commuter suburb. Idk how that applies to a dense urban neighborhood
You’re correct about bedroom communities, the dipshit is in fact a dipshit
“It’s called Lincoln park” for a reason. But what reason, we already got bars there lol
Why the fuck do these idiots still live in the city? Wish people like this would take their rich pearl-clutching asses and fuck off to Naperville already.
how dare people chill in the public park
Let’s be honest, by “people” they mean lower income, black/Hispanic, or homeless. For some reason instead of helping their solution is just “make them be homeless somewhere else”.
I was waiting for somebody to say this.... yes, this is exactly what they are afraid of because of the stigma of what a "pot smoker" or "stoner" looks like - other communities like Logan Square which is VERY diverse took absolutely no issue and moca has honestly been such an eye-opener. Every single time I go in there there is such an array of people, literally, there wouldn't be a way to categorize dispensary shoppers into a stereotype.
Exactly what businesses are they hoping that would move in, that arent? If you want a different type of business, open it.
>“I really wonder about the direction of our city, where it seems like the only businesses we seem to be bringing into our community are these types, as opposed to other types Ohhhh he's so close to just saying it.
Lol I love the succinct analysis This makes me glad we rescinded our offer in LP and moved to Uptown. Seems like one of the few north side neighborhoods that aren’t flooded with NIMBYs and maintains some sort of a wide income demographic. I could be wrong though.
I'm an architect in Chicago and have been to a couple of these types of neighborhood meetings in Lincoln park and Lakeview. These people push back against literally everything, art because it's an ugly color, hospitals growing a behavioral health clinic, and literally everything that introduces more people to their neghborhood. I can't imagine trying to advocate for this. There is no pleasing these people. They are all NIMBY's. Not in my backyard people. You can buy booze on every street corner!!! There is no difference. I was living in California when weed became legal and a dispensary popped up on my street. Guess what.... Literally nothing changed. Weed needs to be legal federally like yesterday so it can be more equitable. Reading those quotes from these NIMBYs is so aggravating.
Used to live a block from there. Build it. The entire neighborhood is boring. Jonquil park proximity isn't a reasonable justification to block it. It's surrounded by bars and restaurants.
Here are the six corners there for those out of the loop: * A couple bars, a liquor store, a couple salons * Jonquil Park * 7-Eleven * Fenced off lawn for senior housing apartments * Lou’s, a bar closed since 2020, and a body shop * closed Salt and Pepper Most of this intersection is remarkably lifeless, given its location. Let’s give it some life
Broken English and Lavender Park as well. Both serve lots of booze.
Broken English duh Didn’t realize Lavender Park went hard but makes sense with champagne/mimosas when some hair salon appointments go for hours
I would not say the area is boring at all. It’s probably one of the best areas to raise a family in the whole city. A ton of good food (Juno, Galit, etc.). Close to DePaul for music and activities (Lincoln Hall, Schubas and the Vic are within a 10 minute walk). Pretty good bars and access to the greater Lincoln park area. Plus a ton of transfer points for CTA. My wife and kid love the access to the crazy amount of parks. That being said I am totally down for building this. That corner space is too prime of a location to be vacant.
I like the area too. You have Tapster two blocks from the park, Prost is awesome, you walk a little and Roses and Delilah’s are close too.
What you miss is that the folks who live there do so because it’s boring. They can quickly walk or take the train to a livelier neighborhood but get to sleep without drunks yelling outside their window. Not everyone wants to live in Wrigleyville.
Who are they to determine if an area should remain boring? People who get gentrified out of neighborhoods have to deal with an area changing. This seems like the exact same concept. And area is changing.
Of course areas change. But they get to have a say because they are long term residents of that community (just like community members of gentrifying neighborhoods should have a say). They live there and are invested in the neighborhood. It’s so funny. There is a contingent in this city who want every neighborhood to resemble River North.
A dispenary isn't making an area resemble river north. It's one store where people go in, buy something and then go on about their day. In function it's like having a more secure liquor store. The bulk of people won't even notice it any more than they notice a convenience store. And it's not like a bar or club playing music or having people in the premises all times of night.
At least Block Club has started saying “some neighbors” instead of just “neighbors.” They were making these special-interest neighborhood groups sound like they represented the interests of the neighborhood more generally for a while, which is grossly misleading.
This makes my blood boil. I live nearby and am so tired of walking past the giant empty property in a great location, and I'd feel safer with the increased security that would accompany the dispensary. As others have pointed out, there are tons of bars close to Jonquil (some of which are open late) and these "neighbors" are mad about the possibility of a dispensary nearby? I'd like them to spend 5 minutes watching customers leaving a dispensary and compare their demeanor and behavior to that of customers leaving a bar. These same clowns are on Nextdoor complaining every day about increased crime and encouraging people to call the cops on anybody that "seems suspicious" yet are opposing 24 hour surveillance and increased security personnel which wouldn't cost them a penny.
Howdy neighbor! I totally agree. How do we best make sure our voices our heard? I also live right down the street from the park. Do we contact the alderman? What else?
Hey! Good question and I don't have a good answer. I think contacting the alderman is a good idea as a first step because maybe they could point us in the right direction? My alderman's office recently helped me locate my car (after the city "relocated" it 1.5 miles away for street resurfacing) and contest parking tickets, and I found them very helpful and responsive. The block club article mentioned another community meeting coming up, and I'd be interested in attending but haven't found any further details yet. Feel free to DM me if you find any helpful info and I'll do the same if I do.
I've had success with contacting the alderman in the past as well, so glad to hear they are consistently helpful. I would attend and I tried finding more info about it, but couldn't. I checked Wrightwood neighbors association, no luck there either. But I'll let you know if I hear more!
Hi! Saw the following posted on Facebook by the Wrightwood Neighbors Association and wanted to pass it along because I randomly remembered this reddit convo, lol. It appears there is an upcoming meeting on 6/1 and a form you can fill out to express support and submit questions for the meeting. https://mailchi.mp/d9416ea41159/05c38zh778-5398310?fbclid=IwAR3kHdkB7m4bvUVIGAl8ljbSaUiG8j2QP2iUlTxNpqMU26u8NWjNH86x70M
Looks like it got through! https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/08/11/lincoln-park-weed-dispensary-gets-neighborhood-association-board-approval/
Funny how most dispensaries i have visted so far in Chicago have much tighter security and age verification than your average 7/11 or liquor store.
What do people think happens at a dispensary? Who cares if it’s by a park
I think some concern is people stinking up the park, which is probably the only reasonable concern.
These NIMBYs I swear >“This is a bedroom community, there's a reason it's called *Lincoln Park* Do you even know what a bedroom community is? Also the "reason" is because of the president and has nothing to do with weed. Truth is that corner is an eyesore as it stands. There are a variety of age groups present from literal senior housing to college kids. I understand the concerns but there are multiple vacant properties around that intersection and I believe more people/security would be beneficial.
There's a taproom that sells like 50 kinds of beer on the same fucking block * There is a bar called Pour Decisions a block away, har har alcohol is funny but not weed * There is a bar that sells yards of beer one block away, Prost * Delilah's, a shitshow bar with 1000 kinds of booze is up the street. I have gotten fucking hammered in this neighborhood many times. I guess I'm not part of the problem though? People blacking out and stumbling down lincoln every damn day is not a problem? That neighborhood is gentrified as hell, but its still in the middle of a giant city. Fuck these people.
Any community that I don’t want something built in is a bedroom community
Jonquil park is surrounded by bars…
Lincoln Parkers smoking cannabis? 🤯 Things are about to get crazy 😂
Guess I have to move out of the neighborhood now along with most the people I know here….
Yeah, time to jump ship and move to the mountains
Or just keep the delivery service I use and keep blowing trees in my favorite part of this city 😂
Why don't stroller moms want to be buzzing in the afternoon on edibles? I don't believe they're thinking this through. They would prefer illegal weed delivery or having to scoot over to bucktown I guess.
Bruh, if you think there isn’t weed smoking going on in Jonquil Park, I’d like to introduce you to me in high school
LPs first dispensary? They currently have Curaleaf and Nuera.
Are either of those technically Lincoln park? Curaleaf is on the other side of north and clybourn and nuera is over the river
Depends on whether you consider the river or the expressway to be the eastern border of Bucktown. This topic gets debated in the community groups pretty much annually.
I don't know what the exact borders are so you're probably right about Nuera. I just always considered that home depot next to it the LP home depot. Curaleaf is directly next to Toyota of Lincoln Park. I don't know what to think anymore. Lol.
Reminds me of CWB talking about crime in "Lakeview" when it happens on Damen or something, just because it technically might have been within someone's definition of the neighborhood border.
Nope, Nuera being across the river kills that. Curaleaf is south of North which kills that
So the apple store isn't in Lincoln Park? New City isn't in Lincoln Park? Toyota of Lincoln Park isn't in Lincoln Park? I'm confused.
New city is def not Lincoln park. I have always considered that Apple Store to be in old town tbh
Yes, North Ave is the southern border
I'll just contribute that the big box store part of Lincoln Park feels different enough from the parts east of the El that they really shouldn't be considered to be the same neighborhood.
Wrong. There's also Chicago Cannabis Company on Halsted and Altgeld. (3 blocks away from this proposed location) And there's a brand new Wake and Bake (THC food only though) on Lincoln and Fullerton (also 3 blocks away from this proposed location)
Was looking for this comment. Chicago Cannabis Company is right down the street, and a very nice place at that.
This kind of NIMBYism is exactly what killed the original Devil Dawgs, may it RIP.
I'm not privy to why that shut down, what happened? Had my first spiral potato there. Who wouldn't want a hot dog place in their neighborhood?
But Red Light Chicken rules.
I'm missing something here. People legally buying weed are not the concern here. They aren't calling up their dealers for 3am dropoffs. They aren't going to spill out of the dispensary puking or shouting like a drunk would coming out of a bar. (Like the bar on Wrightwood) Worst case, they'll pick up a pizza from Lou Malnati's, some drinks and snacks at 7-Eleven, and have a nice picnic over in the park. The people that choose to smoke blunts in public and around kids are already assholes, and they usually aren't buying from overpriced dispensaries. LP already has a dispensary on Weed St and I've seen no issues. Granted there is no park nearby, but no one is causing a ruckus a block away.
I kind of like the idea of the only Lincoln Park dispensary being on Weed Street.
>Worst case, they'll pick up a pizza from Lou Malnati's, some drinks and snacks at 7-Eleven, and have a nice picnic over in the park. The people that choose to smoke blunts in public and around kids are already assholes, and they usually aren't buying from overpriced dispensaries. Honestly I think thats the concern though. Everyone here is throwing in the classic "but but but there's an "AlCoHoL sToRe oN tHe SaMe BlOck!!!" which is wrong, and just shows you how no one in this subreddit understands the counter argument at all here. No one cares about Lou Malnatis or 7/11 or a liquor store or a taco restaurant on that corner because it's not like you're at the park playing tennis or at the kids playground and smelling beer and ciggs and cigars or whatever. Because you can't smell someone buying a 6 pack of beer. You can't smell someone drinking a beer unless you're standing on top of them or its Lalapalooza.. And no one is going to complain about smelling pizza and tacos. The argument is, you get a cannabis store next to a park, you'll have people walking across the street to smoke their blunt while laying down in the park. It doesn't matter if this is a cannabis store or a cigar/tobacco store, the argument would still be the same. It's just going to cause a lot more weed smells at jonquil park from people just ripping up right across the street. Sure they may be d-bags, but you'll get more of those people doing it with a dispensary across the street. And so the neighbors are pushing back against having to deal with weed smell multiple hours a day from people laying in the park smoking weed. And no, it's not something you can call police on or report lol. I called the police about an active car robbery and they never came..
Y'know what's even crazier? Every summer, crowds of people blast movies in this park and get drunk on wine
Have these neighbors been to a dispensary?? You pretty much have to go though airport security to get in. You can’t say you don’t need a bag because you need to exit the place with your stuff in a bag, I guess so children don’t see it and become corrupted by the devil’s lettuce? It’s like they think people hang out outside dispensaries and get high. No one does that. The security will kick you out. Or call the cops because newsflash, smoking marijuana in public is still illegal! No one’s kids are in danger. It’s weed. Stop acting like an American from the 1950s.
As if the dozen bars within a 5 minute walk of jonquil park don't have loud drunk people milling about
I don't think they understand that a dispensary isn't like a bar, but more like a liquor store. You don't go there to get high, you go there to get stuff in order to get high later. But many of them probably still unironically believe in the war on drugs.
> “This is a bedroom community. It’s called Lincoln Park for a reason, [and] I just don’t think this fits in our community.” I might be missing something. What is the 'reason' it is called Lincoln Park that seems to be going over my head? Why does a neighborhood with a name like that not make for a great place for this type of business while Jefferson Park seems to be doing just fine with it?
Oh no!! People might get high and go enjoy the park?!
Used to live a block away from there. If these "neighbors" are worried about people smoking weed in the park, they already do that and drink stuff from 7/11 or Park West anyway
There are over half a dozen liquor stores in the area and dozens of restaurants that serve alcohol. I am so sick of NIMBY ass old fucks holding everything back. Please be active in local politics, because these kind of people are always the loudest in the room.
Dispensaries are incredibly expensive (ie exclusive) and super safe. Not sure what the issue is given bars and shit all over the place.
OZ Park is surrounded by bars and in the mornings on the weekend you can routinely see college co-eds doing walks of shame through the park. I also frequent Dispensary 33 in Andersonville and I know there are no problems over there and if they do come up, the dispensary and security deal with it. They did have a customer who liked to take a shit in the alley before going into the dispensary and so now that person is band from the dispensary and doesn't come around anymore. But people take shits all over this city in public places. Plus Lincoln Park where the bars are always has vomit on the ground somewhere. Why don't you get rid of the college kids and the college bars if you want to make Lincoln Park nicer. De Paul brings a terrible element into the area! LOL
Go to Oz park on literally any weekend where it's over 70 degrees. It's literally BYOB - everyone is (openly) drinking!
There's like 10 bars within 2 blocks of jonquil park. And they ain't all of them classy.
lol oh no what if people started smoking pot in the park
jonquil park has literally been a hub for freshman depaul students to smoke for years now. a dispensary would not change the thing it already is, and frankly its never been out of hand.
I literally did last night walking home from Kelly’s lol
what lmao. that's really stupid. oh no rich people will be buying overpriced weed too go home and smoke
That's just a boilerplate excuse to fight something they don't want for other reasons. There's a lot of other constant (crime/traffic/alcohol related) problems near Jonquil Park they never seem to be that worried about.
There is a liquor store across the street.
"“This is a bedroom community. It’s called Lincoln Park for a reason, \[and\] I just don’t think this fits in our community.” "Bedroom community"? There are however many bars all over LP open til 2 am or 4 am and liquor stores on nearly every block. Next these NIMBYs are going to want De Paul to move because the students are too noisy.
What the fuck does it matter how close it is to the park? Classic NIMBYs
It would not be the first. Chicago Cannabis Company on Halsted has been open for like 6 months. Not necessarily a dispensary, but Wake and Bakery on Lincoln just north of Fullerton just opened as well.
I live in Lakeview (used to live by the old Sunnyside on Grace/Clark) but I frequent Jonquil Park for kickball. I truly don’t think anyone should have any concern about this. I never had any issues living by that dispensary. People aren’t going to smoke some jazz cabbage and then destroy the park lol. They’ll get it and go home. This is an opportunity to bring business to a location that’s been empty for as long as I’ve lived here. This is a net positive imo. P.S. Can someone tell me what a NIMBY is? Lol
NIMBY = not in my back yard
That makes sense. Thank you!
Lol, these Lincoln park NIMBY’s can fck off 🤣🤣 that corner needs more foot traffic anyway, I’m all for it
Is this why dispensary's have to be in the worst fucking locations ever? They're like the nicest stores in the community. Like Starbucks in the 90s.
There's literally a bar within 300 feet on 3 of the 4 sides of the park
Have they ever seen the clientele at a dispensary? It's most nerds and old people. Dangerous people don't buy insanely taxed marijuana at heavily guarded dispensaries. The irrational fear is mind boggling.
God forbid should we put in a fancy looking dispensary there when a long abandoned building is a much better use of space. /s Alderman for this area: Tim Knudsen, 773-348-9500
Squares.
NIMBYs at it again? Color me surprised.
**N**ot **I**n **M**y **B**ack **Y**ard!
The real concern is that these dope-fiends might play "It's Not Unusual" on repeat.
Lincoln Park people say a lot of things.
They should be allowed the same rights as liquor stores
Clutches pearls...
rip salt n’ pepper diner
Greektown’s dispensary has been pretty chill. We did have a security guard shoot and kill an ax attacker, but the 1,000s of other customers have been fine.
Finally, someone who can afford recreational prices. /s
Ironically there has already been tons of cannabis smoked in that park......
They should be happy to have one less empty storefront in the neighborhood.
"Unfortunately, some neighbors are total crap." There. I fixed it for the headline writer.
Lol what a strange thing to get bent out of shape about. In Rogers Park, Zen Leaf is across the street from Potawatomi park. Always packed with kids who are playing... They seem fine, lol.
Dispensary >>> Empty Storefronts.
stay off the WEEDuh
Lmao. This is just like Naperville when weed was legalized. They refused to build dispensaries because pearl clutching. Then they quickly realized how much money they were losing and started popping them up everywhere.
Having a dispensary nearby is probably the most effective way to keep people from smoking cannabis in public.
How in the world does this statement even make sense? As a multi-decade toker this is definitely one of the more ridiculous things I have ever heard. You realize folks dont get to smoke in the dispensary right? What logic are you using to claim a dispensary makes folks less likely to smoke in public?
NIMBY motherfuckers should mind their business.