r/Eugene • u/Low-Obligation7326 • Oct 04 '24

What amenities do you wish Eugene had? Something to do

For the sake of breaking up the monotony of this sub’s typical posts, what are some amenities you wish we had here? I don’t care if they are unrealistic for the population. I’ll go first: Top Golf and go karts. I don’t want to drive 1.5-2.5 hrs for those up in Wilsonville and Hillsboro more than once a year, and would go to both a many times a year if they were local! Do not mention Swing Suite; I won’t try it since it seems like expensive Wii golf lol!

I searched the sub for a post similar to this and didn’t find one. If there is, I didn’t want to spend more than 15 seconds scrolling for it😆

Edit: The intent of this post is FUN- unrealistic or not. I totally get the valid qualms with Eugene’s problems but that is discussed daily on this sub. I said break up the monotony. For the most part everyone has been great about this and listed some excellent ideas. Please keep this fun and positive and save your grievances for the other posts in this sub that give you this opportunity daily!

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u/Loves_tacos Oct 04 '24

There is also more than one bridge to get there, and that same argument could be applied to a bridge in Eugene to anyone who is on the opposite side of ferry street bridge

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u/GarmBlack Oct 04 '24

As it should be, and why we should have an ER on both sides of the bridge.

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u/Loves_tacos Oct 05 '24

You know you could just use another bridge? And it is more than likely that the quickets way for more people would be using a different bridge?

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u/GarmBlack Oct 05 '24

Aaaaagain there are multiple reasons bridges, one or many may not be usable within a city space. For instance, bridges freeze faster than roads. As we get into more and more extreme weather, and see more winters like the last one, peoples ability to cross bridges easily that may be in poor condition, or already have accidents on them, makes not having an easily accessible ER a dangerous precedent.

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u/Loves_tacos Oct 05 '24

Bridges do freeze faster than roads, but they still work as a bridge. Everytime, I've encountered a frozen bridge, I've just continued and safely passed over the bridge. So far, I have had 100% success rate crossing frozen bridges.