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As long as Jimmy or private investors pay or give the city/county equity, sure, let's invest away. But the stadium is not really generating revenue from April to September. Cleveland is not getting an abundance of events in good weather - unless the website is not updated regularly - so I don't see why things would change with a roof or dome. For a variety of reasons the subsidize/build-it-and-they-will-come approach doesn't seem to work in Cleveland (Medical Mart, casino, Avenue, Galleria, Flats rapid) for very long. Then again, the U.S. Bank Stadium seems to have been a success, so I could be very wrong. Frankly, we might as well convert Browns stadium into temporary/transitional housing on off months. At least it would get some beneficial use while longterm plans get sorted.

John Oliver just had a great episode on deregulation's endless consequences, this time with freight. The idea of six companies having an oligopoly on the industry has been damaging. It's a miracle there haven't been hundreds of East Palestines throughotu major urban areas.

Season 5 of Billions - what in god's name has happened? It's like the writing itself got Covid. Everyone looks bored, tired, lifeless, are phoning it in, and the storylines just awful, nonsensical, confusing. The hell happened to the charm and character development from seasons 1-4. I should have rewatched Detroiters instead.

Davis has changed enough that my parents refuse to go. And they're pretty consistent with routines, so something funky had to have happened. I just remember liking their chocolate macaroons. Also, non-sequitor, there was a See's Candy pop-up at Beachwood Place a few weeks ago. It may even still be there. Their brittle is second to none.

Start putting multiple tolls on every nearby bisecting or otherwise subsidized highway as well as significant congestion pricing, and reallocate all that money to the Metro. There, problem solved.

Yeah, it's confirmed. The mayor says it's due to staffing issues, but he omitted the words "who would accept s**t pay" after. Sad day still. The place meant a lot to the Jewish community. Guess all we have left is Jacks.

Reddit reports Corky and Lenny's is closed permanently. If that's true, wow...

Can't say I've gone to the one in the Loop, but it's been open for a while - right after the Disney store left - so clearly there is some level of success. Whatever drives people downtown or compliments other attractions sure sounds good to me. Plus kids dig this stuff a lot, and there isn't a whole lot for them to do other than eat, walk around Public Square, or visit the Great Lakes Science museum or libary. Not downtown at least.

Am I the only person who thought you guys were mispelling "anxiety"?

The average electric car is in the mid $50,000 range, the cheapest Tesla, what, about $40,000? Meanwhile, an average Civic is half the price and gets mid 30s miles/gallon. To each his own - hell, I don't even have a car - but it seems like EV's are strictly luxury and will stay that way a good long while.

That does suck, but 20 years isn't terrible for a restaurant. It ran its course.

Yeah, it's permanently closed. Paladar (biggest ouch), Mitchells, Bravo, Flemings, B Spot -- goddamn, all my 2010s spots there keep dying. Tough industry. God bless the Barnes & Noble. HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE!!!!!

These list are fun. In terms of cities I've actually visit and assuming money is no option: 1. Washington DC. God, I need a trip out there. It sucks the Newseum closed, but the endless Smithsonians would keep me eternally entertained. Best of all, no car needed. 2. Miami. Between South Beach, Brickell, Wynwood, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, etc, it's such a bubble of beauty and happiness. 3. Boston. I think people underappreciate its walkabilty and culture. 4. Santa Monica. God I wish I could afford it. The weather is true paradise. 5. Hmmm. Too bad I only restricted my choices to five. I... honestly don't know. Maybe Traverse City? Savannah? I'm struggling with this one.

DOW is getting close to all time high, S&P not far behind. Tech a little more to go. I'm still paying for some late 2021 hubris - come on Roku, Docusign. The hell was I thinking??

Exactly. I just look for an early middle seat (I'm always B or even C group), and rarely has anyone given me attitude. You certainly get off the plane a lot faster that way.

I've had my share of delays with Southwest, such as last night for about 40 minutes, plus their archaic computer system is a massive ticking time bomb. But the planes are more comfortable, especially for leg room, coffee/snacks are standard even on short trips, and passengers, in my experience, act like human beings. Honestly, all air travel in the US is garbage. Deregulation is part of it; 9/11's nonsensical security theatrics another; people getting fatter and angrier another; limited alternative options another; staffing issues another; insane airport prices for food another. And so on. Airports and airlines are microcosms of everything wrong in the US these days.

I never quite got the roof debate. It's not like the Browns stadium gets much business during good weather. Why would it in bad?

Moment unhinged woman shrieks, curses and CONVULSES on Frontier flight before climbing over seats i… https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12772819/Frontier-Airlines-woman-shrieks-curses-convulses-climbing-SEATS-Christian-passenger-pray-HYMN.html I'm starting to think airline deregulation has had a few consequences.

Tom Brady taking Jimmy's phone calls?

I've taken Frontier and Spirit airlines more times than I'd like to remember. Absolute rubbish. Both of them. And the savings are neither significant nor worth the stress and tensions and unpleasantness and physical pain both preceding and during the travel. Stick with Southwest if you can.

My grandparents had the same experiences in Buckeye, like almost verbatim.

Good to see the good guys win a few. Doesn't happen enough these days.

Get that fool to testify against his parents next.

Full remote has dramatically subsided with hybrid the standard in many companies. But even when there was no WFH and a larger daytime population, retail was anemic for decades, with the Avenue the last great hope until the early 2000s. I have no idea what the answer is - frankly, there may not be an answer - but E Rocc is right. Brick and mortar seems to work better in neighborhoods or even suburbs rather than downtowns, and all the pretty presentations in the world won't alter the general malaise the general public seems to have about shopping in the Tower Cities, Gallerias, Arcades, Euclid Avenues, etc. So while the general public has changed what it wants, the city and developers need to match those shifts. Concentrated art districts (i.e. a Wynwood), experiential retail, showrooms, smaller museums and theaters, indoor street fairs/festivals, free parking with purchase receipts of x dollars, AFFORDABLE boutiques, wholesalers, hypermarkets, etc. It's just not going to be stores like HYPE, Target, Higbees, or Neiman Marcus anymore.

"Decimate the economy"? That seems hyperbolic. The Browns were gone for three years in the '90s, and Cleveland was America's "Comeback City" those years and didn't miss a beat.