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My opinion: the Browns going 1-16 or 3-31 or 6-45 probably won't affect Bibb's initial offer and whatever the state and county may kick in. Look at the goodwill the Chiefs have developed during their 11-year boom period, yet Missouri voters still voted against Sherman and Donovan's grift. Bless 'em.

No matter what happens, it's time to bench the rapist indefinitely. Don't ever allow him on the field unless he's on a prison work release program. The money is gone no matter what, this and the next few seasons are done -- but at least we can move on from the Watson saga.

Another 3 touchdowns for Baker. But Cousins was just on fire. Flacco with 3 touchdowns and 381 yards. That loss wasn't his fault either. But how about that elf!!!

WE F'ING WENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now 48 hours to relax.

Let's F'ING GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Could be bulls**t. 59/41 chance it is. But I just left an event at the Chicago Architectural museum, and an architect (not the speaker) from Oak Park said he's on the Brookpark stadium project, and the relocation is 100% set. He also didn't know how/if financing would work. I didn't dig any further and just ate a bunch of deli meats. That s**t is pure sodium.

Do you think it matters that much? Dallas, La Guardia, LAX, maybe Denver have pretty unappealing airports but are still heavily used, and I can't see them affecting city perceptions. People are generally in zombie mode in airports as it is.

If downtown retail couldn't survive the days before e-commerce, WFH/hybrid proliferation, a larger daytime foot traffic and middle class economy, and loss of Cleveland's financial district, it really has an impossible uphill badly, even if Amtrak miraculously rerouted in 2100. The mall should become a tech incubator or a maze of art galleries and events. At least the latter would be a realistic draw for tourists. The Shoe Mgks or Unscript'd Boutiques of the world are just a good PR, very short-term bandaid.

Well, then go call Tim Cook and let us know what he says.

Yep.

Well, at least Baker and Flacco had a good day

Plus they have apartments going for $100,000/year.

Cudell and/or West Boulevard.

New rail costs well over a billion dollars per mile in NYC: this includes studies, property acquisition, permits, labor, OT, materials, air rights, graft, delays, etc. New rail is about 2/3 of that elsewhere. Unless technology evolves unthinkably - i.e. the failed hyperloops - we will never replicate that 75-year construction blitz, much of it predicated on extremely unpaid and dangerous conditions. It's too damn expensive today.

True. But my earlier point was that in this case, Cleveland and Case did respond to his anger and developments in University Circle started going in the right direction shortly thereafter. Frankly, the whole neighborhood has done quite well since, save for the law school.

He lambasted Case (and Cleveland?) for not developing the area in the early 2000s and stoppped funding the local nonprofits for a few years. He was also furious about the business school's building mismanagement and overurns.

One thing we can all agree on: Peter Lewis' comments definitely struck a nerve and for the better

I honestly don't. Save for Little Italy/Cedar, the blue/green lines at and east of Shaker Square, Tower City, 25th, 117th, West Park, maybe a few others, the areas around the existing rapid lines are varying degrees of desolate. For instance the Tri-C stop: wtf is that? It feels like Chernobyl even though that should be a logical development area. Not a fun stroll to the school despite the stop's misleading name. If the city and developers couldn't develop around the exisiting stops when the city and metro population had a larger and less impoverished population, I don't see a subway, and with it its enormous building and maintenance costs, leading to mini downtowns or mixed commercial/residential density.

Poor Southwest. They can't draw the business crowds, and budget airlines generally outprice them. Add that archaic computer software and Jetway Jesus scumbags, and they have a whole slew of issues. And we're all dreading the day they implement seats with supposed extra legroom, which will likely turn out to be the same as today's standard legroom, with economy seats having less on par with Spirit and Frontier misery. Air travel in the US was just never meant to be so cheap, and airlines and consumers keep seeing those reality checks.

To my understanding the influence will be limited. The groups won't have decision-making power and are limited to 3%-10% in passive equity. Jimmy and Dee already have access to capital, so they aren't desperate for (at best) a few hundred million dollars that PE firms can provide. Point: Dynasty or Blackstone aren't going to make much difference in the stadium saga.

It would probably be as underutilized as the red, blue, green and Flats lines. The region didn't know how to combat deindustrialization and its ancillary consequences, and I don't think a subway would have made a difference.

There needs to be an entire new societal approach to this obesity epidemic and its acceptance, and not just limited gestures like discounted company gyms or some virtual class on healthy eating. The Cleveland Clinic stopped hiring smokers 15ish years ago to limited outcry, and I'd say it was win win for the company, staff, patients and insurers. A similar policy for obese people would be an interesting measure. Certainly there would be enormous backlash with many potential new hires disqualified, but over time, in combination with a ton of H1s, it might have a real impact.

Parma alone has absorbed 3-4 thousand the last few years. 5,000ish total in the region. Cleveland, however, has not.

Disagree. It's all about diet. double standard why the same food from the usa is We eat like s-hit, we eat s-hit, we look like s-hit. It's pretty much that simple.

A few reasons of the top of my head: Republicans have generally controlled Ohio's house, senate, and governor seat for the last 35 years. Can't see them encouraging Latino, Asian, or African national growth. Cleveland's generational low income residents, of which there are many and a huge voting bloc, as is the case often, can be xenophobic and threatened by new residents. Frank received criticism when he said the city needs to take care of its own first, but he was just echoing his constituents' concerns/prejudices. A lot of resources, aka $$$, are needed for placement, plus there are rules if they can work (legally) - it just depends on the immigrant's status. There was no formal program in which Springfield absorbed so many Haitians; rather, it was completely done via word-of-mouth due to low cost-of-living and job openings. In present day Cleveland, there really aren't existing international communities to which immigrants will logically relocate. It isn't like 1900 when a Polish, Slavic, Ukrainian, etc, immigrant would gravitate to those existing Eurocentric neighborhoods. I think Cleveland's growing Latino community is Puerto Rican, so it isn't like Venezuelans or Central Americans have much in common if they move to Clark-Fulton. I'm sure there are much more complex reasons.