Ram23

There's absolutely nothing inherently racist about single family zoning and housing. As evidence, you can point to the dozens of single family areas in Cincinnati that are majority black neighborhoods. And if by "economic minority" you really mean poor, again - you can point to dozens of areas in Cincinnati that are quite poor but still have single family housing. Not to mention poor rural areas. It is - insufficient infrastructure can be a big problem. One of the earliest things anyone should do when considering new construction in Cincinnati is fill out a sewer availability form with MSD. There are areas of the city where the existing sewer infrastructure cannot support the hundreds of additional toilets, sinks, showers, etc. that an apartment block adds. I've even heard of areas where the existing sewers are already over capacity and cannot support any new construction. MSD will tell you this if you send a form in. GCWW is harder to navigate but can similarly stop developments, especially if the development needs to have fire sprinklers. If there is not enough flow in the water main to support the plumbing system, you can't build.

It'd be one thing if we were talking about what should be developed on vacant land, but the zoning changes you're suggesting would only encourage teardowns of quality hosing stock in what is arguably the healthiest and most desirable inner ring suburb in Cincinnati. There are plenty of ways to improve the built environment, but getting rid of these vibrant single family areas is not among them. If anything, these are assets the city should strive to protect should they ever hope to be as attractive to families as various suburbs are.

I don't think it's unfortunate - pretty much all of the SF zoned areas are currently filled with single family housing, and it is almost all quality, older housing with good density and walkability. I do think that "ML" zoned area will be a developer target in the future if it isn't already. That one could be a battle.

They would have to have grounds to deny the permits. So long as there are no code deficiencies in the plans, the Ohio Building Code (state law) requires municipalities to issue permits.

Cranley gets to sit this one out since it is being built to meet current zoning codes and isn't seeking out any public funding. The city doesn't have any power to stop or demand changes, which actually works out well for Cranley. This lesson here is that potential homebuyers should always do some research as to what the zoning in your area allows for. If you don't want to live next door to a six story tower, don't buy a house next door to something zoned CC-A. It would suck to live within a parcel or two of this - what was a quaint back yard will now have 6 stories of windows peering over it - but once you're more than a few houses down the street it will have zero impact.

With the rollback, the city collects the same fixed amount, but if your property value increases more than the average, you still owe more while someone with a property that decreases or increases less than average will owe less. The city gets the same amount, they just take it from different properties.

For my first house in Cincinnati, the assessed value spiked so much over the first few years that the property tax bill ended up being higher than my mortgage payment.

Whoops - I could have sworn I posted this. This was the report I had read: https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf

I live in a township, where I pay 0% municipal tax and everything seems to work out okay. The overall tax burden is cheaper than the two municipalities that are in the same school district. I made a spreadsheet when I moved last year that looked at the overall tax burden in various communities around Cincinnati, including property taxes, income taxes (and which jurisdictions have reciprocity), and other fees (like trash collection). I was surprised how much it varies from town to town - we were looking at thousands of dollars a year in variance.

That goes without saying. The source I referenced started with the Vietnam War, which actually had causality demographics in line with the actual population - which makes sense given the draft. Since then, the demographics have shifted again and the gap has widened. So even in the post-equality era, the point holds true. Vance's point is accurate no matter how you dice it up, which (like in many such cases) is the real reason people are upset about it.

Despite falling that much in June, lumber costs are still more than double what they were pre-COVID. Prices peaked in May '21 at 5 times the pre-COVID price. I'm curious to see where it levels off but I don't think we'll be seeing $2 2x4s any time soon. An 8' stud is still $7.76/each at Home Depot as I type this.

Every bracket gets a 3% cut, which would make the highest bracket 4.281% - but it is set to get an additional cut down to 3.99% - effectively a 10% cut.

It looks like New York. The plate on the car behind them is yellow like New York plates, and the cop standing there also looks like he's in a classic NYPD blue uniform. Weren't Cincinnati PD uniforms always white? Edit, it's the corner of 51st and Broadway, looking north: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7620541,-73.9837056,3a,75y,66.08h,99.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQNc3IaUcXhXZxJNMGqGbMQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I was referencing Preena's comment about his book. Your example also isn't a contradiction, though, it's irony, and you're reaction to it is exactly what he's getting at. He's angry about something, he's white - so it must be "white rage?" He's just pointing out the blatant racism inherent in the term. Try subbing out "white" for any other skin color and see if you can get away with it.

I'm not seeing the alleged contradiction. J.D. Vance's anecdote of being in a diverse boot camp doesn't negate the fact that historical American military causalities are disproportionately white. They have been disproportionately male as well, but that's probably a "gender gap" we aren't allowed to talk about. Like workplace deaths, and career fields like mining and timber.

^ Yes, thankfully the state of Ohio limits the municipal income tax rate to 1% without a vote. What I take issue with is the arrogance and impudence of proposing such a tax hike to the people of Cincinnati so soon after they had already spoken. I'm also insulted that the turd being put on a plate in front of us is presumed to be palatable because it's not as big as the turd we just overwhelmingly turned down.

Why should Cincinnati layer on another level of funding for this? If we want $17 million more for affordable housing, why not lobby Congress to increase HUD funding? That makes more sense to me than raising our taxes to put a small drop in a large bucket. And it's not like this is a concern specific to Cincinnati - we are still among the nation's cheapest places to live. This also feels a little bit like the stadium tax to me - convince the public to vote for a sales tax hike in exchange for a cut elsewhere, only to almost immediately move to eat away at the cut. I smelled this coming a mile away.

That was quick. The new 1.8% rate has been in effect for less than a year and council is already trying to inch it back up. I had a feeling that with SORTA funding shifted to the county via sales tax, the city would try to come after that 0.3% to pad their own books - I just thought they'd wait a bit longer than 9 months to start.

I agree with #2. I've designed labs before and in college worked at a (now defunct) company that worked on BSL-4s. They have to be impeccably built, maintained, and operated. You might get an hour of work done in a day, and spend the rest doing cleanup and following safety protocols. The CCP likes to take shortcuts and isn't exactly known for having the best construction nor workplace safety standards. In hindsight, this was a disaster waiting to happen. If it were on purpose, as you said - they would have done it some place else, not a block away from their lab. I think it's safe to say Hanlon's razor likely applies here, though.

Somebody stole Sheriff McGuffey's car and gun out of her driveway. The car was found ditched, the gun is on the streets somewhere: https://www.fox19.com/2021/06/20/hamilton-county-sheriffs-gun-county-car-stolen-driveway-deputies-say/ I've heard that for a cop, losing your firearm is one of the most embarrassing things you can do.

Fitting rooms were mostly closed during the pandemic which was a killer. The ability to try on clothes before you buy them is one of the main reasons to go into a physical store.

I was called a racist and suspended from UrbanOhio last year for merely hinting at the suspicious origins of the virus.

The 30 day clock doesn't start until the date the next rent check is due, even if you're renting month-to-month. So the notice is almost always longer than 30 days unless the notice is coincidentally given on the day rent is due.

^ I agree - I don't think the critique has anything to do with race nor class, it's a valid criticism about a lack of respect for simple rules, a lack of respect for others, and a lack of respect for the environment. All of these things are very important, especially in an urban setting, and even more so in a park in an urban setting. Unfortunately, the wild parties that routinely take over the overlook demonstrate a profound example of a lack of all of these things.

Was there a lot of business between the two companies prior to the merger? One provided the raw materials, the other processed them into products. Maybe a lot of revenue was wiped out because of that. There were also lots of shut-downs at automotive plants, which would have eaten into demand for AK Steel's products.