Brutus_buckeye

I thought United had a CLE flight to Gatwick a few years back. Did they get rid of it?

Fire Tommy, time to hire Urban.

I think completing all phases will drastically help. Covering FWW would make a big difference too because it creates an island. Beyond that, adding more transit options to use the transit center will benefit the area too. I think the Banks has a lot of potential because it is new, fresh and gives some people who want that urban feel in a new apartment complex an option. Some people like OTR but don't want the inconveniences that come living in a 100 year old building. The Banks offers a nice alternative.

The '97 team was good but the truly dominant team in recent memory was the '95 Indians who went 100-44. A full 162 game schedule and that team would have won 110+. That 95 team was dominant at least on offense. The pitching was solid but not outstanding but it did not have to be because they had so many bats, no lead was safe. I cant remember how many times they came from behind in the 9th to win on a walk off homer from Belle, Thome, Sorrento, Baerga, etc. Heck anyone but Loftin and Vizquel were long ball threats on that team, and that was one of the last years before everyone started juicing.

Not to throw gas on the fire, but they were just talking about how bad attendance was this year at the Tribe games. Cincinnati who finished last place drew more fans than the Tribe this year.

^ I was thinking the same thing. Now I am not up in Cleveland anymore but I was there in 97 and it was just a brutal time. Of course part of It was that the 97 team was as dominant as anyone and if they could not win then, they were going to win in the near future. This years team seems like they caught magic in a bottle and overachieved and people recognized that.

The amazing thing about this Series is the mood Cleveland fans are in even after a loss. Ultimately, I see and hear most fans are disappointed in the loss but overall pretty positive and excited they were able to take part in the game. I remember in 97 after the Marlins won, there was a malaise that took over the city and the sense of pride was not there. Just interesting after 2 game 7 losses the different attitude amongst Clevelanders have.

Now it is the second largest feeder school outside of Loyola in Chicago. However that has only been a development over the last 10-15 years or so. Back in the old days when Jake went there, there were only a few kids that went to Notre Dame from X

It was one of the greatest games played. I still say Game 6 of 75 is the greatest ever played.

Cleveland is interesting in that dynamic. It has a large portion attending grammar school but they tend to fall off in high school more. I noticed that while there were a lot of Catholic schools in the area, they tended to be smaller than Cincinnati's and more concentrated in older neighborhoods. Also it is definitely more pronounced in Cincy because the Cincy diocese is the 8th largest Catholic School system in the country (and that does not even include the Catholic Schools in Northern Kentucky). So if you take a metro that ranks around 28 or so, cut off about 1/3 of the region who is not in the Cincy Diocese, and you still have the 8th largest school system, it feels a lot bigger no matter what the Catholic population in the city may be. can confirm the falloff around ne ohio for high school. again as mentioned above because the catholicism there is assumed to be everywhere and there is no need for the insularity of the religion as in cinci where the hills have eyes and so many protestants are at the doorstep. however, in cle it certainly picks right back up again for college. clevelanders are inveterate domers. old cle stadium has hosted notre dame many times over the years for the series against navy. cle is a second home for fighting irish football. Both Cleveland and Cincy have its share of Catholic Universities (XU, MSJ, Thomas Moore v JCU, Ursuline, Notre Dame). I don't know If the same carries over to the college education level because at that level, while the majority of students may be Catholic, they appeal to members of all faiths are more institutes of higher learning than religious institutions. While the majority may be Catholic because demographics suit that, there are quite a few Xavier, Dayton, etc students who attend there without a religious affiliation given the nature of college. I think every city in the Midwest claims to be a Notre Dame feeder city. In know Cincy claims to have the second most ND alums outside of Chicago. Cleveland has quite a few too so does Sh*ttsburgh, NY, Philly too. ND allegiance is a separate thing I would say.

I don't think Xavier University has anything to do with it either. Cleveland has multiple Catholic Universities in the area.

Cleveland is interesting in that dynamic. It has a large portion attending grammar school but they tend to fall off in high school more. I noticed that while there were a lot of Catholic schools in the area, they tended to be smaller than Cincinnati's and more concentrated in older neighborhoods. Also it is definitely more pronounced in Cincy because the Cincy diocese is the 8th largest Catholic School system in the country (and that does not even include the Catholic Schools in Northern Kentucky). So if you take a metro that ranks around 28 or so, cut off about 1/3 of the region who is not in the Cincy Diocese, and you still have the 8th largest school system, it feels a lot bigger no matter what the Catholic population in the city may be.

Columbus has the majority catholic because it is a city and most Catholics live in urban/suburban areas. That said, it is not the same level of Cincy/Cle. Honestly, I was a little surprised to see it as the largest religion in the region given that Columbus developed later than Cle and Cincy and did not have as many migrants from traditionally Catholic portions of Europe as the other cities. This could be a more recent phenomenon over the past 30 years.

^ i've never heard of catholicism in cinci, much less being famous. so speaking of anectdotal there you go. but i did know high schools in general, parochial or not, are a big thing in cinci, much more so than anywhere else i have ever heard of. in fact weirdly so. in a good way. i would say catholic culture is not as pervasive around sw ohio as it is in ne ohio and your site backs that (29.91% in cle and similar in the metro). not as much difference as i thought though -- those anectdotal observations again lol. so it looks like its kind of a wash with the catholics, well perhaps not if you throw in nky & akron-canton-youngstown, but i should actually get some work done today, so let's just call it a wash. edit -- as colday jumped in I think the difference in Cle and Cinci is that Catholic Culture in Cleveland is the culture since it is a bigger catholic and eastern orthodox town. The Eastern European influence of Cle brought people over who shared a religion but had other cultural differences so it manifests itself otherways. You do not see as much Catholic because everyone was Catholic to some extent in Cle, at least this was my perspective when I lived there. In Cinci, there was less of a melting pot and when there was, it was many more religions coming to the area. When it was settled, it was a very WASP city and that influence lived until the mid 20th century. There were a lot of Catholics from Ireland and Germany who came to Cinci but they were often second class citizens. They formed their own schools and culture and grew that culture until they grew into significant power brokers in the city. In Cincy, Catholics had to face much more discrimination than those in Cleveland. This is partially why you see the strong HS parochial phenomenon or with festivals and other events.

^ but if they don't have the house, I doubt "sensible" gun control is going to pass.

http://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/cincinnatis-rental-market-soon-will-be-one-of-the-hottest-in-the-nation I think this is more to do with that Cincinnati was late to the trend that has been going on in other cities in the region and are catching up with late rent increases.

My favorite shots of Cleveland are from the West bank of the flats at night or on the lake from an Eastern looking angle. Personally, I feel those are the best views of the Skyline.

Wasn't metro supposed to move down there from Government Square? Why didn't they? Why doesn't Tank use it now? it would really relieve congestion on 5th street during the rush hours. Maybe now that there is activity at the Banks, there is more incentive to use it for transit or more of a good reason to use it on a regular basis.

There are already driverless trains out there. The airport subways in many of the airports have been driverless for decades. It could probably be done already

Gotta go with the Cubs. At the end of the day, always have to cheer for the NL team. If not the Reds, you pull for the NL. AL baseball sucks.

Looks like they are punting on expansion again, what a joke.

I would say first in is BYU, then UC after that Boise State and Houston? Boise was already eliminated from consideration as a candidate back in September.

^ In your opinion you mean. Objectively, he has done Ohio very well

IF anyone deserves a second term it is Portman. You really cant objectively say anything bad about the guy, if you are truly being objective. He has served Ohio well

Now that it is the John Glenn Airport are the initials still going to be the CMH or will they change it to JGI or something.