chadoh21

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Nice pictures and an interesting neighborhood!

Lovely town! Wish I had got the chance to see it before we left.

Did you get to go to Garden of the Gods or Manitot Springs while you were in Colorado?

I really like Denver. I remember driving up there when my father and I lived in Colorado Springs! It always looked nice, even back then!

Awesome photos! Its good to see something other then the "pretty" parts of town on here for a change.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aBaX9GPSaQ

Very Nice!

I prefer Donatos, but I also like CiCi's too.

Great photos! Its so sad to see how far Detroit has fallen! =-0(

Ahhh Canada, how I miss thee!!! Great Photos! I'm actually thinking about going to TO for New Years! I have friends in Hamilton!

I second that!

Looks like things are moving along nicely!

I LOVE GERMANY! Thanks for sharing!

Great photos!

Great photos, but its soooooo depressing!

This coming from a guy who threatens to move to Canada every day! Ok, A) Its not a Threat, its a promise! LOL And B) What does Canada have to do with anything? We have the SAME SYSYEM UP THERE! Despite, the rumor, we're not Communist or Socialist. If people can't afford a neighborhood because of taxes or the price of the housing, they move out of that neighborhood, or never move there in the first place and look for something cheaper. Whats happening on OTE is happening in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, and many other cities. Canadians too are rediscovering the city!

Well it was directed by a lesbian so I doubt that was the movie's intention. From what was shown in the movie, I think the city was pretty lenient on that woman and willing to work with her. Sh!t it took her probably a year just to remove the beat up cars from her back yard and she wasn't penalized. I don't think the movie has any particular villains or heros, unless you label them yourself; it's just a movie about the reality of the hostility that goes on during the transformation. From their point of view, if people are moving into the neighborhood and gentrifying it, I can see why they would think "oh, this neighborhood isn't good enough for them? They have to spruce it up to meet their standards?" Then there's the reality that most people like living in neighborhoods with people that are like themselves, in terms of race or economics. I would like to see cities give tax breaks to low income homeowners in situations like Olde Towne East where they have been there a long time. There isn't much they can do if the neighborhood suddenly increases in value because a new demographic is moving in. As someone who has worked in that neighborhood and was told he was goona get shot one night, I can tell you LOTS of those streets wouldn't meet ANYONES standards. OTE is getting better, but it ain't no Victorian Village, atleast not yet! And I'm sorry, but its pretty clear in that movie who the victims are and who the bad guys are. As I stated before, neighborhoods go through cycles. When my mother was young, OTE was mostly populated by white, middle and upper middle class people. Then in the 60s and 70s, like ALOT of inner city neighborhoods, it began to decline. Now the area is improving and is the case in most cities, there are winners and losers, just like in the economy. I hate to see good people lose their homes because of the increased property values and taxes, but thats the way the system works.

LOVED THIS SHOW!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MyT7utAZm4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3KQgulBzh0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVl4bmGcn3c

Neighborhoods go through cycles. This is just another cycle. Its a good movie but it paints GLBT people in a negative light and from what I recall when I watched it, it fails to mention alot of the postives that come with GLBT people moving into an area. Victorian Village would be just another run down dump if it were not for the gays moving in. My mom often tells me stories of seeing hookers on High Street and Neil Ave and Crack houses on many corners! Mind you, this was way back in the 70s. lol

The problem is that the economics of cities have changed since OTR was built. OTR is very unique in that it's so dense but to accommodate the number of people that OTR could potentially hold, it has to happen. Even people who choose to live in such a dense area are going to demand parking or else they won't buy and the city itself requires a number of parking spaces. The only way I could see OTR avoiding that issue entirely is if they had a subway and light rail or at the very least, stellar bus service that professionals in Cincinnati were suddenly willing to ride. The destruction of OTR is probably the best argument for the streetcar proposal. It's not like parking garages adhere to the historic character of the neighborhood and in and of itself would cause violence to the neighborhood in the same manner a surface lot would. You know what I would love - is if warehouses in OTR could be converted into parking garages, with the economics working well. Kinda like how Portland has gas stations that obviously cater to cars, but they're brick buildings that add to the aesthetics at least. I know all that. But parking is made available, its just not at the front door, its across the street. If these teachers are anything like the ones I had in school, alittle walking will do them good! I'm just saying in general. This ain't sim city! *poof* Subway! LOL If only life was that simple. Can you see the sarcasm? lol

This is good news! Glad to see these places being saved.

The problem is that the economics of cities have changed since OTR was built. OTR is very unique in that it's so dense but to accommodate the number of people that OTR could potentially hold, it has to happen. Even people who choose to live in such a dense area are going to demand parking or else they won't buy and the city itself requires a number of parking spaces. The only way I could see OTR avoiding that issue entirely is if they had a subway and light rail or at the very least, stellar bus service that professionals in Cincinnati were suddenly willing to ride. The destruction of OTR is probably the best argument for the streetcar proposal. It's not like parking garages adhere to the historic character of the neighborhood and in and of itself would cause violence to the neighborhood in the same manner a surface lot would. You know what I would love - is if warehouses in OTR could be converted into parking garages, with the economics working well. Kinda like how Portland has gas stations that obviously cater to cars, but they're brick buildings that add to the aesthetics at least. I know all that. But parking is made available, its just not at the front door, its across the street. If these teachers are anything like the ones I had in school, alittle walking will do them good!

Once again, we are asked to sacrifice history and beauty on the alter of the automobile. I say keep the other plan and let the fat lazy bastards walk! lol

It was!!!! It was in the single digits and a wind chill in the negative.