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moyceyyy wrote:Everyone's going crazy about the dragon statue, saying its a waste of money..
To be honest, I think its great, if it werent on top of a building. Having a giant dragon on top of one of the most prominent buildings in the skyline, would make it look ridiculous in my eyes. It would look great on the ground though.
Those comments are a little strange. You get the usual ones about "This should be spent on the homeless!". Well that would make sense, if it was the council funding it. A read of the article would show that it is intended that the statue would be paid for by private and crowdfunded money. I don't see any of these people starting a crowdfund for the new homeless shelters they seem to want...
In response to your comment about the dragon, I agree, it would look much better rising up from the ground. But where on the ground would you put it? There's not that much land left in front of Central Station now, and it'll be difficult to tempt a private developer or even the council to give up potential office land for something that will bring in a negligible amount of money.