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Count me in for the YIMBY group. "You should have stayed in Strongsville" is a great snarky line and I love it.

When fuel prices skyrocket and everyone buys compact cars, the domestics will be caught with their pants down again. If they are doing this simply to beef up their quarterly earnings, it is a short-sighted thing for sure, and a big problem with the American business environment in general because firms can't afford to think long term.

I normally walk or bus down Euclid but I have started riding a bike as the weather has been warmer... and using Prospect instead of Euclid. I was just thinking this the other day as I rode. It's a great street and there's not a lot of gaps other than the Nucleus lot. Lots of preexisting storefronts that just need some TLC. I would expect the focus of renovations and development to shift over to Prospect once the Euclid Ave stretch from 9th to PHS... Huntington, JHB, Athletic Club... is finished.

After using that walking path last night, I'm still a little confused. I've never actually tailgated at Muni Lot, the handful I've times I've tailgated it's been at the Port Authority lots. On gamedays, do they actually have thousands of fans squeeze through that 6 foot wide walking path between a freeway ramp and a parking garage to make their way to the stadium? How does that even work?

Reading more about this decision this morning, as a happy owner of a Chevy Cobalt, as somebody who's never had any interest at all in driving an SUV or "crossover," I'm not sure what I'm going to drive in the future if GM and Ford are removing cars from their lineups. I guess I have to go Japanese.

Great, thanks.

I worked there one summer, two years after they shut down most of the park but were still operating the "WildWater Kingdom" waterpark. 2009 I think. It was depressing, a lot of the employees were still very salty about Cedar Fair.

Guys, I am going to the draft party tonight at muni lot. How the heck do I get to muni lot on foot? I honestly have no idea. Is there a pedestrian path from E. 9th near where it goes over the shoreway? Near the freeway onramp?

My grandparents grew up in the 1950s in Collinwood with fond memories of Euclid Beach, I will show them this video.

I move furniture once every two years, I need a truck!

I think the modern Fiat 500's are actually surprisingly roomy once you get inside one. Then again I'm 5'5". You can either have people in the back seat OR lots of cargo, not both at once... that's how they do it.

Not just Italy but all of Europe, you will never see a car with what some refer to as a "tail." The hatchbacks aren't as visibly hatchback-y as a stereotypical hatchback, it's barely noticeable unless you're paying attention, but the passenger cabin/rear windshield always extends to the very back of the car.

It's interesting how cultural of an issue this is. When I was living in Italy two years ago I had to get used to paying in cash and even, gasp, carrying coins around. You can use cards in most restaurants and stores but it's generally considered insane to do it for things less than about €20. I pretty much got used to cash for any and all meals. Cards were still used for things like train tickets from machines. It is easier because prices end in even Euros or at least €0.50, so no need for pennies, nickels, and dimes for change every time you want to pay in cash. That made it a lot nicer. And that's what makes cash a pain in the butt here in the USA. Germans are even more cash-inclined than Italians, while the British seem to use credit cards like Americans do. When I got back to the states I stuck with cash for a good six months but now I'm pretty much back to where I was before ever leaving - lots of credit card swipes for tiny amounts, and no cash in my wallet at the moment.

It was the sixth city for a longer period of time IIRC, and it was used in the city's marketing materials.

I wouldn't say that he excels in the "have a beer(/diet coke)" department, he'd just talk about himself the whole time, but I would say that he edges out Hillary. Many would say gender has something to do with this, and I do think it's tougher for a woman to be seen as "laid back" but still taken seriously, but I also think in spite of that she's incredibly awkward. At best, we had two un-beerable candidates, and that's why so many were dissatisfied with their choices.

I very much disagree with this characterization. If elected government officials make a decision, that's part of democracy, and all decisions can be framed as "we know best" if you happen to disagree with them. It was "we know best" when they laid out the streets in the 1800s. It was "we know best" when they ripped up the streetcars. It was "we know best" when they built the highways." It was "we know best" when ODOT continually widens the lanes of every road in the state. So why are all those "we know bests" ok but if one of them benefits buses you denigrate it like that? You are operating with a double standard. The fact that we have bus lanes and bike lanes means there is a constituency in favor of them, regardless of a loud opposition.

You're exactly right, and you can observe the pattern much further back than 2000. It'd probably hold true for most Presidents since TV became a thing. (Biggest exception that comes to mind is Nixon.) I figured this out after Obama got reelected, and it had me worried as a Hillary supporter all throughout 2016.

Populist doesn't mean what it once did. Because she's running around parroting vague, ignorant, misdirected anger towards the 'establishment' and 'the bureaucrats and career politicians,' she's populist.

If these things drive ridership increases (as they did on the Clifton Line) it's not always a question of need - it's a question of whether or not it's smart. The sources for capital and operating funds typically come from totally different places anyways. The funding situation is what needs to change. Extensions would be great, but increased density along the lines really should come first.

Aren't everybody's text messages archived in the cloud nowadays?

An 8 year Lt. Gov. running around criticizing "the establishment" should annoy just about anyone.

"Oh my gosh, the trains and public transit there is so great" -Every American ever who ever went to Europe. I have ridden trains all over Europe but unfortunately never rode Eurostar because it is pricey and there are so many cheap flights into London. I do need to ride it someday.

The entire city of Naples, while being dense, is not all that dense. The Spanish Quarters are about as extreme as it gets, and only take up a small area. I believe it was founded to house Spanish soldiers when Naples was conquered by the Spanish at one time. The historic core of Naples, adjacent to the Spanish Quarters, is actually older than Rome, having been founded by the ancient Greeks. Search on google images or youtube "Naples Chiaia" or "Naples lungomare" for some less stress-inducing parts of town.

For a class A officer tower, it costs more than residential. I did some research and talked to a few local people and found $300 per sf to build, plus another $50-$100 per sf to fit tenants into the property. (Still trying to figure out who typically pays for that) But those figures I believe are only for leasable space... I don't think you're going to get the full 50,000 sf per story. E&Y, the most recent comparable, is 20 (21?) stories and only half a million square feet which is roughly 25,000 sf per story. I've been trying to figure out how much the E&Y tower cost Scott Wolstein but it seems to be kept under wraps. I think around $150 to $200 million. $400 million is a lot. Does Bob Stark (who I think is a force behind this tax credit legislation) anticipate NuCLEus being $400 million?

I don't think we should let our heads get too big though. It's an important space but at the end of the day buildings are just buildings. I'd rather something decent go up than sit around waiting for another 30 years for something perfect. Put up a conservatively designed office tower, nothing too flashy or experimental but something that will age well, with some retail on the bottom and be done with it. If they want to mix in residential or hotel like Stark is trying to do, fine.