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Cedar Rapids' greatest tourist attraction is just about ready to open you guys! 😂
Annual LOL at Cedar Rapids thread...
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CR turns their biggest pile of trash into a tourist attraction, the QC gives theirs a keyboard. 😉 Did I do that right?
I like walking the Trashmore trails. Gives a great vantage of the city at the top (not that there's much to look at) but it's not as ridiculous as it sounds. Was a real shame when some douchers got together and vandalized the area right after it opened.
Hey man, that's just making lemonade out of lemons.
Torbee, what if, just work with me here...Cedar Rapids included some free ranging buffalos on the newly minted Mt. Trashmore grounds? Would you be good with it then? 
The positive of this new park is that it covers the smell of the Quaker Oat factory.
Yes, for real. For decades the city of Cedar Rapids operated a landfill in this area and eventually all of our "stuff" was piled high enough that they euphemistically call it a "Mt.". And then, since it is a mountain of refuse/garbage, someone coined the term "Trashmore".
So, yes, it is now a nice looking, from a distance, park area. Think really big hill with nice green grass growing on it.
Perfect for buffalo! 
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Better, but still a hilariously sad name.Torbee, what if, just work with me here...Cedar Rapids included some free ranging buffalos on the newly minted Mt. Trashmore grounds? Would you be good with it then?
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To be fair to CR, Dubuque’s Greyhound Park, Q Casino and Mystique Ice Center are all built on the former city dump, on an island in the Mississippi River.
That might be dangerous. Their hooves could puncture the topsoil level and release the methane building up underneath.Torbee, what if, just work with me here...Cedar Rapids included some free ranging buffalos on the newly minted Mt. Trashmore grounds? Would you be good with it then?
Why on earth are the trails only open when the "Rec Building" is open and why does every walker and biker need to check in before entering?
Really dumb. But CR...so.
Really dumb. But CR...so.
I live in CR. I love it here. Tell me why I should move to the QC? I’m open to anything.
Mt. Trash more is hallowed ground - my Green Machine is buried there after meeting an untimely end in 1977 ✝️
Newly minted?Torbee, what if, just work with me here...Cedar Rapids included some free ranging buffalos on the newly minted Mt. Trashmore grounds? Would you be good with it then?
What do you love about CR? I’ve only worked there (AEGON) for about 6 years and never lived there. I didn’t find it to be a place I’d want to plant roots. Not picking a fight, just curious.
Funny you say. Last Sunday was a Crunch Berry day. The only other day better is PB Crunch day, with regular Cap’n Crunch days right behind. Downtown always smells great. The only bad smell is PMX across the river. Some people don’t like the Brewer’s Yeast down the way, but it reminds me of root beer.
If so, avoid the monstrous things they do to it in the QC.
JFC, they actually call it Mt Trashmore? Lol, as a former Cedar Rapidian, I’m embarrassed. Every time I come back I wonder how the hell I lived there for so long.
I heard @Hawki97 free soloed it back in ‘09. Had 2 Sherpas meet him at the top with a 12 pack of Busch Light…
Yes, but way underground as I understand. No seagulls or rats, that I have heard about.
Weird that the OP makes fun of a hill taller than the ones he bragged about skiing down this Winter
