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Or for any rapid transit system that has more than one line. Granted in most larger cities the trains are a bit more frequent.

I always enjoyed the tourism videos but couldn't stand when people who weren't from here enjoyed them.

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It was 2010 and I had just graduated from Miami U when I signed up for this account.

agree. We need more of this mindset in our region. People need to find their own "greatness" or whatever, and not focus strictly on that of others. Unfortunately, in this very sports serious area...thats not the case. My biggest disappointment is in the image and perception that our region will inevitably endure. Like the guy from here still can move on to bigger and better things. I would really like to see that narrative end in my lifetime. I'm happy here and overall don't care what other people think about where i choose to live and love...however,every little piece of information matters to the national and international public at least in terms of perception. We took many wins the last few years, sports and non sports. We also continue to take some losses. But THAT guy continuing to be dedicated to our region would continue to help reshape the image from an outsider perspective. I really don't care that he left from a basketball perspective. I saw what i needed to see and it was cool. as far as the bars and stuff... i think lebron being here is a nice jolt, but he was never gonna be here forever. Gotta get that downtown pop up to 20K and start sustaining without sports. Cavs will still sell a lot of tickets...just gonna miss out on probably 10-12 games in april-may-june for a bit. For me, it is not about basketball, hotel revenue, or bars and restaurants. It's about our profile. I traveled a lot a few years ago and the fact is that people on other continents all know Cleveland, and it's because of LeBron. He is irreplaceable in that way.

Maybe I've just had bad luck. I wanted to send an Amazon return back via ups and had to go all the way to Uptown (though now the Amazon location on Euclid has made that easier) and all the post offices are closed Saturdays which is when I'd usually do it.

Good find, I hadn't realized it had passed. I did a quick google news search and it doesn't look like there are any articles about it in any newspapers. Not sure about the timing aspect. https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA132-HB-469

^ Good news. It's ridiculously hard to send a package if you live downtown without getting into a car.

Ridiculous.

Put another way, I think current unions are far too entrenched and disconnected and that perhaps gutting them could lead to reinvigorating a labor movement in America where people actually want to join up instead of being forced to. Of course, that may mean working conditions first getting worse in order to reach that point.

I'm interested in how this union decision will play out over the decades. I'm a firm believer that every action has an equal and opposite reaction and this is the last blow in the complete gutting of organized labor in America. My mom is the member of a teacher's union that frustrates her, they wanted to go on strike and she had no desire to go on strike, and union leadership is typically totally disconnected from members. But I told her at the end of the day the union is the reason she makes a decent living and without them, GOP politicians and Tea Party board members would have teachers on poverty wages by now (which they have already done at charter schools). So in the next five years, you're going to have all these people quit unions to save a few bucks on dues, and then in fifteen or twenty years when pay and benefits are worsened gradually, they may find themselves wanting to join the union voluntarily, be more involved in it, and overall have a union that is far more representative of the members than the unions are today.

I saw a recent interview with Jimmy Carter (I think on a late night TV show on YouTube) and he was talking about how basically doesn't believe economic sanctions are ever good policy, he elaborates, you should check it out. edit- it was Colbert in March 2018.

Yeah, Italian letter sounds are overall pretty similar to English, moreso than Spanish and French. The double consonant just signifies a bit more emphasis on that syllable than the rest of the word. Also, pronounce the "i" in "Collina" like an English "ee" (you probably knew that one already).

I don't see why they couldn't start with some kind of bus/trolley/shuttle, the developer could even partially or totally fund it and pass that cost to business owners and residents of the area. If traffic gets bad at rush hour they can take a look at dedicated lanes. I would imagine that something would have to be done from the point of view of the developer. They are going to want to attract the crowd that doesn't want to drive to work, but it's just a bit too far that lots of people aren't going to want to walk it. As far as the name I'd prefer Scranton Peninsula. Clevelanders like to pay homage to the city's past. I see no reason to change the name of the area, they'd be best of embracing it and working its history into the new development, as much of the successful urban redevelopment in town has done.

I agree with you on this point - That's what I meant when I said this: I was just pointing out that in many cases, it's entirely appropriate to build transportation infrastructure before residents are already there.

WFL doesn't go by any residences except for FEB. If I lived at FEB and worked say, by Superior / E. 9th, I'm not going to save any time by taking the rapid to Tower City. I'd probably lose time. It goes back to a topic we've discussed at length on other threads. Having only one downtown rail station at Public Square severely affects ridership on the rail system. WFL is limited by only going by tourist stops. Scranton is further out and I would assume people would hop on a shuttle/train/cable car/whatever if it could quickly get them to Public Square.

Transit can come first and can be the catalyst for the density. The Van Sweringens built Shaker by first putting a rail line into farmland. You use the rail line as the amenity to sell people on the otherwise disconnected neighborhood. "Live in Thunderbird, quick commute downtown on transit." It's the same thing with roads, honestly. You build a road somewhere, and then people want to live there. The WFL is not a good comparison because of exactly what you mentioned - it goes to a bunch of tourist stops. The Thunderbird transit would be for commuting and if transit were to be built, you'd have to make the neighborhood zoned for very high density and require development to be high density. Of course there are plenty of reasons why it most likely will not happen, funding being the most important. But also a question of demand - do we have the demand to support a high density neighborhood on Scranton Peninsula? But inherently the idea that you can't build transit until you have density has many historical counterexamples. Often the transit comes first.

^I agree with you... I am just hoping that we reach a critical mass soon where banks and developers may start paying attention, and prices rise to a level where it's possible.

I've no doubt that the hassle of condos for developers is real. BUT: 1) At some point the demand is going to make it worth it. All commercial activity has hassle, risk, and potential liability. People are starting to want condos badly in Cleveland. If the demand is there and prices hit a certain point, it's no different from any other commercial activity that has potential for trouble, which is all of them. Condos are becoming a hot topic around town, a few weeks ago I was at a City Club forum on Public Square and it was discussed, there was a big PD article about it, and I've heard others bring it up as well. 2) None of the hassles of condos discussed above seem to be Cleveland specific. So why do I see so many more condos listed online in peer cities? Those hassles are the same in Pittsburgh and in Milwaukee. (Admittedly, perhaps it's just that those cities had condo inventory from 20 years ago that Cleveland does not) I've actually heard the banks are the true cause of the problem right now, apparently they are being really skittish because there was a foreclosure on a condo project in The Avenue district. Also Historic Preservation Tax Credit money, which has largely funded most residential conversion downtown, prohibits condos for 7 years.

I went to the mustard seed a few weeks ago down in Akron and that truly was one of the single best burgers I've ever had.

It seems that a given metro area can only support maybe 1/3 to 1/2 of the malls it could support 20 or 30 years ago, but that the malls that still survive are doing fine. That is why there are so many dead malls everywhere.

It's because both of those interchanges are diagonally going north or south, and I think they assume nobody would use those freeways to get to the other freeway and go the opposite direction. i.e. Somebody would just go straight to 271 rather than take 77 southbound or 480 westbound.

Thanks guys, I just moved near the eastern end of this path and had no idea it existed. Maybe tonight I'll go for a walk. So currently I'd get on at 28th, north of the shoreway?

^Where do I access said path?

I always try to raise my hand and ask about transit connections in those situations, just to remind everybody that it exists.