Is it West Des Moines' fault that Valley Junction hasn't had flooding problems since 1993? I believe so.
Nasty rumor about ames dining
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Is it West Des Moines' fault that Valley Junction hasn't had flooding problems since 1993? I believe so.
They forced the South Skunk to flood just to screw over business owners. You know, the government can control nature. They also stole my ice cream.
You see the city decides how much dirt to put and where. That determines how high some area are and how low others are - oh wait that was me in Sim City.... yeah I have no clue how this is the fault of the city :no:
La Fuente's food is absolute pig slop compared to O'Malley's. They had the best fajitas in town, best fajitas I've ever had to be quite honest.
The only thing La Fuente's has going for them is the giant margaritas.
I went there once with a spanish speaking friend and found out that the servers insult you in spanish just about every time they come to the table.
Come on! I don't buy it. It would be a bit risky on their part to just assume that customers can't speak spanish.
If you prefer Americanized Mexican food then ya, O'Malley's was ok, but it's no different than Carlos O'Kelly's. La Fuente is much closer to authentic Mexican...
Let me break this in to bite-sized nuggets. The City of Ames has zoning regulations that control commercial growth. One of these primary areas is located on the South Duff flood plain. The reason Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Borders are located in this area is because the city wants to control where these businesses can locate. Businesses can't just choose to build somewhere, their choices are limited to where the city says it's ok.
If any of you have lived in this area for the past 15 years, you realize that the flooding on South Duff while not common is not a rare occurrence. While my point may not pertain specifically to McGee's I do believe that the leadership in Ames is preoccupied with stifling development of areas that are less prone to flooding east of the Interstate or to the north of the City while really doing nothing to alleviate the problems associated with South Duff. I used the example of Valley Junction because that was an area that was decimated by the floods of '93. West Des Moines installed flood control measures including flood gates to make sure that it wouldn't as big of a problem was it was in that infamous '93 flood.
My whole point was that it is clear to me that flooding is going to continue to be a problem and instead of continuing to limit businesses to commercial zones that have little or no flood protection they should either open up new areas to allow businesses to locate or make an effort to have man-made flood control measures in the areas that they are comfortable with growth. Sitting on our collective hands isn't going to make this problem go away.
If any of you have lived in this area for the past 15 years, you realize that the flooding on South Duff while not common is not a rare occurrence. While my point may not pertain specifically to McGee's I do believe that the leadership in Ames is preoccupied with stifling development of areas that are less prone to flooding east of the Interstate or to the north of the City while really doing nothing to alleviate the problems associated with South Duff. I used the example of Valley Junction because that was an area that was decimated by the floods of '93. West Des Moines installed flood control measures including flood gates to make sure that it wouldn't as big of a problem was it was in that infamous '93 flood.
My whole point was that it is clear to me that flooding is going to continue to be a problem and instead of continuing to limit businesses to commercial zones that have little or no flood protection they should either open up new areas to allow businesses to locate or make an effort to have man-made flood control measures in the areas that they are comfortable with growth. Sitting on our collective hands isn't going to make this problem go away.
The problem is this... Didn't Wal-Mart AND Target have to meet certain requirements regarding the build up of the land to satisfy flooding concerns?
How long have the older businesses that were affected by the flooding been there? What I mean is, since Target and Wal-Mart had to meet requirements to build there, did McGee's, the Bowling Alley, and other older places not have to do that?
Back in high school (late 80's) my buddies and I would go in there just to talk to the waitress'. I wish I would've recorded those conversations as my friends tried to hit on these college waitress'. I just remember they use to have all hotties working there.
Food was good and atmosphere was great for a first date. I'll miss that option of eating there.
Food was good and atmosphere was great for a first date. I'll miss that option of eating there.
Wally World had to bring in 4 feet of dirt to be considered above the flood plain. Anyone building or doing extensive remodeling in the flood plain in Ames is now required to raise the dirt level to above the flood plain in order to receive a building permit.
From prior posts, it didn't apper to save Wal-Mart. They lost power due to the flood, and lost their refrigerated goods.
