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^Ironically, Ric was born in Cincinnati.

Metro Baltimore might be nominally wealthier than Cincinanti by virtue of being in the Washington metroplex, but the city itself is probably on equal footing with Cincinnati, if not actually a bit shabbier. West Baltimore is... rough, to say the least, and even most of downtown is a bit grubby. But that's more of an East Coast thing than specifically a Baltimore thing. It's really a lot like St. Louis, where you have some really solid neighborhoods (Fells, Mt Vernon, Charles Village) that butt up directly to some not-so-friendly places.

Exactly. Small grocery stores can work (see Aldi), but convincing people to shop 2-3 times a week instead of biweekly or monthly is a big cultural shift that has to happen in tandem with these co-ops. That, and convincing people that it's totally possible to walk a mile with 3-4 bags of groceries.

There's the Kroger on Kenard, which is only about a mile and a half from the heart of Northside. Clifton Market is about equidistant from the Kenard Kroger and the Corryville Kroger. Any independent grocer is going to have a hard time competing with either of the Uptown Krogers, from a price, variety and (of course, this being Cincinnati) a free parking standpoint.

Cleveland's really the only city with a Hispanic presence in Ohio, although Dayton does have a very small "Mexicantown" of sorts on East Third. They all seem to skip Ohio and go straight for Chicago, Detroit or northern Indiana. Elkhart is 25% Hispanic, somehow.

Didn't Cranley also drop his phone into a hot tub? Where was the outrage over that? What is it with this City Council and butterfingers? I'm honestly glad that the Dayton city commission never does anything exciting, ever.

FTFY.

That building is so strange. It's always been a bit of a mystery to me why the Guardian Building wasn't originally designed to include a Woodward entrance.

People seem to underestimate the vastness of the Great Lakes.

When I was talking to random folks out in Seattle recently, I simply couldn't convince them that where I lived wasn't a hyperconservative bible belt wasteland. There are far more shades of grey in this country than a lot of coastal people are willing to admit/see, even within their own states. I think SLC gets a pass because of the mountains. West Coasters only think a city is worthwhile if there are visible mountains nearby. It's the only explanation I have for why they're moving to (the admittedly lovely, yet isolated) places like Boise and Missoula despite these towns being much smaller and having less resources than more-developed cities further east.

20+ minutes for average food is nothing; when Cracker Barrel opened in Victorville, which is basically in the middle of nowhere in San Bernadino County, people drove and waited 4 hours to eat there.

Well, BDubs did move their HQ in Cincinnati for a time in the 90s after their OSU begininnings, so...

I really don’t think it’s that huge of an issue. Seattle’s rental facility is just as much of a hassle to get to via shuttle, and don’t even get me started on LAX and their scattered lots for individual companies instead of a centralized area.

Driving into Michigan always strikes me as “entering a different world” compared to crossing into one of our other border states. All of their towns and cities, while superficially similar to ours, feel foreign to me compared to driving into some random town in Indiana or West Virginia.

^I was caught off guard with how nice Wapakoneta's downtown was. Most of those little I-75 towns are actually in fairly decent shape and have reasonably well-occupied downtowns. Lima's still a bit of a mess (though improving), but Troy, Sidney, Piqua, and the Grand Lake St. Marys towns always impress me.

Barnesville (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9879671,-81.1774539,3a,75y,121.86h,101.65t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sn-XrquVjkWOPjmozMwz0hQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dn-XrquVjkWOPjmozMwz0hQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D344.5187%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) and St. Clairsville (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0806019,-80.9002897,3a,75y,245.61h,94.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8j9w4NZZEEt-cnf0AMTG6Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8j9w4NZZEEt-cnf0AMTG6Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D155.06123%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) are both very attractive rural SE Ohio towns. Appalachian Ohio has some incredible little pockets that prove you can find "urbanism" even out in the most rural of environs. I wish these towns could get a little more love, either from locals or as tourist spots. St. Clairsville seems to be doing somewhat OK since it's essentially Wheeling sprawl these days.

Is there any reason this thing is still going to be double decker? Is traffic really that bad on the viaduct that they can't just integrate the I-75 interchange all on one level?

As long as it stays shorter than Key Tower, I'll be happy .

The Shrimp Lips Creamy Whip! ;D Food sounds good, the name is a little... interesting.

Some renderings from UD's website: Like I've said before, I'll be pleased if UD and Premier can even only pull off redoing the roundhouse. Everything else is icing on the cake for me at this time.

About 33% of the respondants responded "neutral/it depends". There was about 11% who said they wouldn't support immigrant neighbors, but they were mostly concentrated in the white working-class corners of the city.

Dayton's doing its part to attract immigrants, for what it's worth: http://www.welcomedayton.org/ At least we're trying!

I know that Fairfield, north of Cincinnati, has a fairly sizeable Hispanic population. I don't know the extent of greater Columbus' Hispanic spread, but if I had to guess there may be a few more out in the western suburbs.

Cincinnati has plenty of borderline-exurban tracts within the city limits. Most of the west side is no more dense than any Columbus neighborhood, and huge swaths of Hyde Park, Mount Lookout, and Clifton are effectively suburban subdivisions with huge lots. Even Walnut Hills is mostly large single-family homes.

Cleveland's media market includes all of northeast Ohio (excluding Youngstown, I think). Cincinnati's media market pretty much only extends from (roughly) Florence to Middletown, with Dayton all the way up Wapakoneta being its own media market. So that probably affects the numbers and rankings.