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Now why do I think this nonsense doesn't happen in Asian or Western Europe? The race to the bottom continues, and we're all losing. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/02/ohio-graduates-wont-have-to-be-proficient-in-math-or-english-under-state-superintendents-plan.html Ohio graduates won’t have to be “proficient” in math or English, under state superintendent’s plan

I hate to be cynical, and I'm sure there are prospective buyers, but the homes northwest and northbound range from $19,000 to $120,000. Directly southwest they range from $105,000-$223,000. Directly southwest $25,000-$111,000. And there are lots of empty plots of land throughout. New construction is just something else these days. Spending $300+ thousand in an area that, frankly, is still significantly disinvested, not particularly walkable day or night -- and is frankly not that safe is questionable at that price point.

As long as the tax payers don't contribute a dime for a new stadium, then Jimmy and Dee can build whatever they'd like on whatever land they purchase.

"Meanwhile, the administration set up programs to help longtime property owners with their repairs so they won’t be priced out of their homes." I mean... come on.

Labor costs are a big part of it. Unions work in concert with companies and government projects in Europe, whereas they are far more adversarial in the US. Cost mitigation is a casualty. And NYC is a different beast when it comes to waste. People should have been castrated with the shenanigans of the Long Island Railroad Project.

Hmm, Seattle is a different ballgame than most cities, but I found this article interesting and perhaps applicable. I don't think downtown residential towers should have those ugly f'ing garages (don't live downtown if you want a car for goodness sake), but perhaps the developers/city requirements have a point. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/a-tower-of-luxury-condos-with-almost-no-parking-this-experiment-seems-to-be-failing/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark A tower of luxury condos with almost no parking? This experiment seems to be failing

My apologies if this was already reported, but I believe Pier 1 in Legacy is closed/closing

It's a 6 minute walk from the nearby Van Aken stop, so that's another plus.

I can't speak to the logic of the suggested districts' borders, but I am loving the effort. Regionalization/Consolidation begins at the core.

I think the problem is these new developments always have enormous spaces on the first floors, and they seem to sit empty forever without any penalty to the property owner or investors. It's not so much a downtown/dayforce population issue but rather, probably, an exaggerated optimism about mixed use developments in general. The rent is just too damn high in these new properties, and retailers have already aborted filling in the many smaller, cheaper commercial spaces citywide. Why spend vastly more in a newer development, especially with retail's collapse nationwide. https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/6/5/whats-up-with-all-those-empty-commercial-storefronts-in-new-mixed-use-developments What’s up with all those empty commercial storefronts in new mixed-use developments?

Apple's computer marketshare is about 7 percent, yet the company is worth 1.4+ trillion dollars. Apples to oranges obviously, but it's clear a company doesn't need to dominate a market to still be an astronomic success.

If anything Tusk's tweets had only damaged his company and probably caused some SEC violations here and there, though I can't remember any faux pax in a while. Guess silence is golden, Elon. I asked my neighbor who works in finance what the hell is going on with Tesla. His response: "Short squeeze... short positions being forced to cover. That stock always attracts a lot of short interest and when a squeeze happens it becomes a runaway train." So there's neighbor Dan's explanation. The guy has good taste in cheap wine, so who am I to argue? My non-finance explanation: an inordinate number of seasoned investors bet against Tesla (whoops), because they misread global (but predominantly American-based) interest and loyalty in GM and Ford. Too many generations of bad cars, dreadful company and union leadership, and years of stagnated stock prices even after the bailouts. Meanwhile the Model 3 is in the ballpark of $35,000, which isn't too bad for a sexy new car. The company definitely has an Apple vibe (I'm sure Musk adores and tries to emulate Jobs), upon which investors and consumers want to latch, despite a marginally higher price vehicle.

One man's good news is another's bad. The pay should remain, but the size needs to contract. Though this quote probably didn't help: "You got Little Italy, then you got Tremont, Ohio City, Playhouse Square, Kamm's Corner, Detroit Shoreway and in between, no disrespect because it's not the council people's faults, it's the leadership and the mayor's fault, you've got Afghanistan and Iraq," George said. "It's unsafe." A wealthy guy from Westlake should be sensitive with that kind of rhetoric.

A five-minute delay is completely normal in cities with public transportation, specifically rail, regardless of the reason. Hell, these days it's even optimal on the MTA. Stuff happens.

Apple is such a beast, it's not even funny. Aramco and two trillion are on the radar now.

I don't think Uniqlo has an outlet brand though.

https://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/2020/01/mayor-frank-jackson-warns-passage-of-city-council-reduction-issue-would-steal-clevelanders-voices-in-government.html Of all the issues surrounding the city and region, THIS is what woke up Frank from hibernation? To give a ridiculous statement that the city needs to maintain its 17 mini-fiefdoms? Regionalization is needed on a city proper and metro level, Frank, and a 65ish percentage drop in population should correlate to council representation. Ever since the Public Square fiasco, the guy, who had a pretty respectable and benign mayorial career prior, just keeps missing the ball time and time again: the barriers on Superior, which are obviously just a middle finger and costly tantrum, the dirt bike nonsense, the Amazon pitch, the lack of city leadership towards keeping SW, the criminals in his family and his support/acquiescence, and now this comment. This has been some term.

Big thumbs up!

Is Dean Mitchell still teaching in Shanghai? Last I heard the students were trying to get that animal fired as well.

As if the Browns tailgaters aren't suffering enough.

Downtown retail would be primarily for downtown residents, daytime workforce population, tourists, and the occasional suburban and inner city resident. An outlet mall by that mess near Burke will be primarily for suburban residents, with some of the above. The two aren't really competing with one-another. Hell, no one is competing with anyone currently, since there isn't any retail to a significant degree period. Let's just be happy that this may come to fruition. If my mom of all people is willing to come downtown if this is built, then I guarantee it'll be a boost for the local economy. And as for the parking by Tower City, yes, there is a ton. But it's like Whole Foods. They don't just move into any existing store (barring some outliers i.e. the one in Village Square for a few years). They have a particular model that they either conform to or don't bother at all. The developer of this outlet mall has a vision that Tower City/parking lots don't match. Let them have that nothingness by Burke.

Well.... at least something is going to move there. I really didn't think there would be much besides some sporadic low income shops.

NOLA

See, I've never bought that argument about new residents, or least at those with disposal income, "ignoring the existing culture". Like, what does that even mean? New residents add to a neighborhood's culture, which should always be changing and evolving. They eat there, invest there, support community organizations, and, god willing, even send their kids to schools, thereby diversifying classes. There has often been an odd race-to-the-bottom tone with anti-gentrifiers, and they invent suspicions or displacement, racism, and make comments similar to "ignoring the existing culture" probably, because in the end, too many of them are part of the neighborhood's problems/challenges in the first place.

Complete transparency gives leverage to all companies to argue for similar subsidies and breaks, and that's ultimately just a race to the bottom. I'm a firm no.