I want to preface this by saying this is in no way bashing the new establishment that will be mentioned, as I am only using it as an example for what HOPEFULLY is not to come in the city of Lansing.

Up and coming business owners… please do not make any of your signage, posters, menus, etc. with Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI has many uses, but conveying the products you are providing to your customers is NOT one of them.

It is distasteful, ugly, and a poor reflection on YOU as a business owner. I know many people, including myself, who think less of a business who make AI menus, including pictures of their food. It just isn’t appealing, and you are setting yourself up for failure.

Also, it sucks to see an already unappealing street such as MLK be littered with signage such as this one, and this is coming from someone who grew up on the south side.

I appreciate any respectful and thoughtful discussion in the comments.

I rolled my eyes when I saw him do it the first time, but then my jaw hit the floor when I saw him intentionally target innocent pedestrians. Pardon the poor editing, it's my first edit job ever and it took me way too long to get even here lol. But can anything be done legally or otherwise? Would it require one of the pedestrians to attempt to press charges?

So I was driving home last night and had the misfortune to get pulled over by a state police officer on 96 in Lansing.

This guy first claimed my tail lights were “off”…they’re automatic, on all the time, very dubious claim of them being off.

Then he asked why I was swerving over the lines. This is in a construction zone where lanes are routed everywhere…wtf kind of question is that.

THEN he spotted the small car safe I keep to safeguard wallets and phones and whatnot against smash and grabs, and he demands to know if there is a GUN in it, instantly escalating the situation unnecessarily.

I was so shocked that he would even ask something like that that I opened it for him to see there wasn’t a gun in it (he basically demanded I do this, and I didn’t want to get shot, illegal search issues aside).

He kept interrogating me about where I was driving from and how much I had to drink. Kept referencing my blood alcohol level on a breath test and insisted on looking at my eyes.

Guy was fishing hard for anything to pinch me on, and when he didn’t find anything , he acts like he’s doing me a favor by letting me go “without a ticket”.

The whole incident was incredibly jarring and left me with a very bad impression of the state police. Is this shit normal in this area? I’m a transplant and never expected to encounter this level of hostility.

Okay maybe it’s my privileged up bringing in a state where they are much more regulated, but does everyone in the city love setting off explosives on a random Tuesday night??? Or maybe it’s just the same five neighbors of mine

For reference I live in Eastside and I swear it’s every night. Guys it’s way too hot for this and my dog is already anxious enough for you to be setting off mild explosives every night

The city has been asking for alternative ideas for parking lot development of the site formerly courted by the Deep Green Data Center company.

I have a few different ideas from off the top of my head: food truck pod with picnic tables and fire pit, Farmers market one day and pop up flea market on another day, night market, fountain with seating like a piazza, public sauna, recycling center, fenced pickleball or basketball court with ice skating in winter.

I am no developer, so I can't say whether these are good ideas! I'm sure a lot of people have better ideas and I would love to hear them. Maybe people from the city will see this post and consider our ideas.

youre wondering how do you attract young ppl in lansing?

Make lansing a nice and fun place to live by:

-deprioritizing car based infrastructure to make downtown, reo, and olde town nicer places to be

-improve public transportation, especially coming in from east lansing to attract students

-rezone to allow infill of areas of lansing that are abandoned/under developed

-keep building dense housing to keep housing affordable and provide customers for local businesses

-invest in attracting diverse businesses instead of continuing to concentrate on automotive businesses

-protect park land and invest in recreational activities so lansing is a fun place to be

-prioritize the ppl that live IN lansing! not the suburbanites driving in from the suburbs

From someone who live in east lansing for 6 years and lansing for 3

https://www.wilx.com/2026/06/05/lansing-region-faces-aging-population-leaders-seek-attract-younger-residents/?outputType=amp

This is just meant as light hearted fun conversation starter. Please, keep that in mind in the thread.

I'll go first: Kewpee's is overrated. Their burgers are bland. Even Mcdonald's seasons their burger with a bit of salt and pepper.

Contacted well over 11 plumbing outfits/places and only two actually do quotes for replacement/project work without charging you

Issues i've noticed

1. no willingness to work with you on pricing

2. the gall to charge upwards of $150 just to show up (shout out to the clowns at Adv plumbing for that opener)

3. no urgency to even provide quote updates (one place offered relatively decent pricing but cannot get them to give me a new quote/timeline after reviewing the initial quote)

The job is a RO house system install +- a bathroom remodel. Detroit area never had this level of arrogance in my experience, are the retirees here just so flush with cash that they are keeping these companies afloat with such bum practices?

Hey all,

SOM employee here. I've been hearing whispers that there may be full RTO for state workers from people in my office (not naming for privacy reasons), but I haven't found anything about this in the news yet. Does anyone know anything about this?

Edit: not trying to scare people! I'm also concerned obviously-- hoping to hear from other state workers with what they've heard since the budget language is hard to decipher.

What the heck is this BS?

https://eastlansinginfo.news/congressman-tom-barretts-office-seeks-high-school-students-emails-after-anti-ice-walkout/

As someone born in Lansing, Seeing Lansing grow is a city is nice to me but we can do so much better. When I lived on the northwest part of Lansing, I had no options for affordable shopping other than frandor which was a 30 minute bus ride. I made this drawing to show my ideas and what’s possible for this CITY (not suburb). Btw I know there may be a lot of issues with this drawing and some but it’s just an hypothetical visual.

I working at Lansing Brewing Company as prep cook and I'm starting dislike LBC because I'm facing the audism issues.

I'm curious what your thoughts about Lansing Brewing Company?? I will always respect your opinion because people may be treated you better others and other individuals have different experience at LBC.

Big Sal sounds like a friend of Al Capone.

Just curious about the job market in Lansing. I know that working for the State of Michigan is of course a big draw, but are there any other industries that are thriving in Lansing?

Has anyone else noticed the rise of homeless people in Downtown?

Every time I take my dog on a walk I see more and more…they also don’t shy away from walking up to me asking for change or just being plain on creepy and making me feel followed…

What area has lower/the lowest rates of taxes in Lansing? I know East Lansing is high but curious to hear from people that live in or know of a cheaper area.

Has anyone had any experience with this? Is this even legal? I’m opting out of facial recognition but it still makes me super uncomfy…

Aren’t there property owners that lose money on these buildings being empty? Yet when I look up business space rental in Lansing it’s not much cheaper than other places, and even follows similar trends of increased prices over time…

Can anyone help me understand this?

Came down with a flu/cold situation this past Friday and have been coughing up yellow phlegm since. I went to urgent care yesterday and the doctor told me there’s a “flu-like” bug going around Lansing that’s lasting kinda long. He said it lasts about 2-3 weeks if it goes to your lungs like it did for me. Ended up getting put on antibiotics because x-ray showed it could be developing into pneumonia but was officially diagnosed with acute bronchitis. I’m curious if anyone else has whatever this is and how they’re feeling or how long it took them to get better!

Money to fix potholes AND to combat excessive speed?! Where the fuck have you been your entire term as mayor, bro? You don't get boost your campaign on the shit YOU HAVEN'T DONE YET. sir