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Actually yes, we probably should be strategically decommissioning low-traffic roads and replacing them with dirt or gravel. Plenty of other Midwestern states have gravel roads, particularly in rural areas. Plus, if you don't have asphalt or concrete, you can't complain about potholes any more.

Ah, gotcha. Wasn't sure if you were mixing up the two articles, but it looks like it was me just putting too much thought into it! I'd agree, warehouse jobs really aren't great and it's worrisome how quickly a lot of communities in Ohio have been to cash in on them. They're most likely just a "quick hit", not any sort of good long-term solution.

I mixed up FDP Cincinnati Inc with Flaherty & Collins, because the FDP folks are run by a David Flaherty. Anyway, I was referring to this article, which also refers to a Fortune 100 company at the CVS and is distinct from the Kettering Business Park article. The article you linked always mentioned that it was a project destined for Kettering, not Cincinnati.

Two different, unrelated stories. The downtown CVS and the Kettering Business Park site are owned by two different Cincinnati developers (Flaherty & Collins and TW Development, respectively).

People like to cite Cincinnati as a southern city that accidentally wound up in the north, but both St. Louis and Baltimore are in former slave states, which I think makes the tension between the city and the suburbs much more acute in those metro areas. You get the the passive-aggressive racism you see in every Rust Belt northern city mixed with the blatant southern racism that makes reconciliation across the region even more difficult.

I'd hope they'd at the very least make it like the Cleveland State Line along Clifton in Cleveland, if not going full HealthLine. Lord knows Broad is wide enough to put dedicated transit lanes along it.

SF is indeed the 49 square miles at the tip of the peninsula, but it unto itself is the entire county, much like how Indianapolis is the same size as Marion County (save for a handful of independent communities that didn't merge). That's why its official name is the City and County of San Francisco. St. Louis, meanwhile, is not located in St Louis County and is not part of the county's jurisdiction. StL borders St. Louis County, but Clayton is that county's seat and if you look at maps of St. Louis County, you'll see a crescent-shaped area carved out from it where St. Louis is located. It's not its own county - it's literally just an independent, county-less city. Hopefully that makes a little bit more sense.

It's important to note that St. Louis, like Baltimore, is an "independent city" and is therefore totally separate from St. Louis County. It's a bit different than having a city still located within its respective county merge with the county government and the surrounding municipalities like Louisville, Indy, and San Francisco.

You'll find a few sporadic MCM homes in Cleveland Heights and down toward Northfield (my great-great uncle had a Neutra-built house down in that area before he lost his mind and got sent to a home by my grandma). Worthington of course has Rush Creek Village but that's the only really big collection of modern homes in one spot in central Ohio. There are a few cul-de-sacs in Clifton with some modern stuff, but none of them are particularly stand-out examples. Our googie game is so weak compared to all the weird cool stuff you can find out west.

I've been in Dayton for nearly 3 years now, and I don't think I've stumbled upon any of these homes (other than the synagogues along Salem Avenue). Guess I need to get out and explore more! Lots of gems hiding in plain sight.

Dusty accepts payment in the form of your first born child or used Beatles 45s, but only if you visit him in person.

Again, that new building includes a massive parking garage that more than replaces the 20 spots removed in 2013.

Again I think that just gets into the fine line between "dense" and "urban", both of which can take many forms. I'd consider Yellow Springs one of the most "urban" places in Ohio because it's pedestrian and bike friendly and you have plenty of up-to-the-street commercial buildings and a vibrant street life, but at the same time it's a village of just 3500 people comprised almost entirely of detached houses in an overall very rural setting. Places like Shaker Square can definitely feel "big city", but that's (in my opinion) just one tiny subsection of the overall "urbanism" umbrella.

I don't think you can necessarily say that a lack of a natural barrier would lead to more density in a downtown. If anything, barriers seem to push up densities along the inner ring and radial corridors since they can't more evenly spread in every direction. Assuming all things were equal, we'd probably have seen less development in Brunswick and Twinsburg and more development in the middle of the lake, which wouldn't actually change populations, just shift things around. Not that it really matters, since using a radial measurement is really only beneficial for a handful of newer cities that aren't constrained by some sort of physical feature or national/international border that causes half the circle to be nonexistant.

^I know a number of folks who commute from downtown Dayton to Wright-Patt along the entirely grade-separated Mad River Trail (about 8 miles), so it definitely wouldn't be unusual at all for people to commute from Hyde Park to Xavier when (if) this trail gets done. It's just bizarre how badly the city has been dragging its feet on this project - up here we've had miles of rail trails for years that people just take them for granted. Very few sections of Dayton's rail trails cut through such a busy area as Wasson does, however.

^^You could make a similar video of my grandfather going to Verizon every day because he can't figure out how to get to voicemail on his smartphone, or Words with Friends updated and moved all the buttons around.

Not sure if there is a better place to put this so I'm throwing it in here... Ohio out of money for new road projects, prompting talk of gas tax hike COLUMBUS — Within weeks, new Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and state lawmakers will face a huge challenge that impacts every Ohioan every day: how to come up with hundreds of millions of dollars to pay for road and bridge building and maintenance projects. https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/ohio-out-money-for-new-road-projects-prompting-talk-gas-tax-hike/yGZbB7uirxSZIYBJLnf7wO/

I frequently try to bring to peoples' attention that the Rust Belt actually has a huge number of "tech" jobs, but because they're in manufacturing plants and not California office parks, people tend to ignore them and the impact they have on their communities. A lot of you have mixed opinions on Aaron Renn, but I'm glad he's bringing to light the often under-marketed tech asset the Midwest has in its high-tech manufacturing workforce: More below: https://www.aaronrenn.com/2019/01/10/the-overlooked-opportunity-in-the-high-tech-industrial-economy/

Git thus relevant text from my father today, he’s been to Montgomery Inn exactly once but loves to talk sh!t about it:

I “lived” (quotes because that building was barely habitable) in those dorms in the summer of 2012 and other than being super close to work, they were awful in every single way.

Wild Flavors in Erlanger regularly smells like what can only be described as burning Fruit Loops.

I'm glad to see a renewed interest in Fremont Street and downtown Las Vegas. As fun as the Strip can be, there's something really special about Glitter Gulch and downtown has a really great rough-and-tumble Wild West vibe that makes it have such a strong identity and sense of place compared to the Strip.

Having "real" BBQ at Eli's certainly helps too. Montgomery Inn seems to be about as authentic as getting riblets from Applebees.

The Navy seems pretty romantic to me...

Was it ever specified which Sunoco Limp Bizkit was going to be playing at? Because Wayne Avenue has two Sunocos a half mile apart on the same side of the street.