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And by the way, this is one of my biggest internet pet peeves--would it be so difficult to look up the attendance figures and see how the Reds are actually doing instead of making statements that are completely unsupportable?

^^Are you serious? This isn't remotely accurate. The Reds are currently drawing about 28,400 per game this year, playing to 2/3 capacity overall. They are on pace to draw 2.3 million fans. They finished 16th in attendance last year, drawing about 27,300 per game. They have a serious payroll (in excess of $80 million) and are in line for an even bigger payout when their contract is renegotiated soon. They just signed Votto to one of the biggest contracts in the history of pro sports. The Reds are doing quite well. As for the Bengals, it is a different ballgame entirely when it comes to the NFL. The teams are profitable without needing to make a dime off of tickets given the extreme amounts of money they make from TV. They have struggled with attendance starting last year (after a sellout streak that spanned several seasons), but don't worry, the team is still doing well. As recently as 2010 (I couldn't be bothered to do too much research on this) the Bengals were the 5th most profitable team in the NFL in terms of income. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/30/football-valuations-10_NFL-Team-Valuations_Income.html This shouldn't really be a surprise, either. Factor in Dayton and you have a larger metro area population of about 3.2 million, to say nothing of the close proximity of Indy (for baseball) and Columbus, Lexington, and Louisville (for potentially both sports). I could certainly see them supporting an MLS team, but I doubt it's something they would do.

Seems a little redundant in that the Artimis signs always seem to have the travel times on them, too.

Here's hoping Votto's knee issue really is minor.

What does the city challenging the estimates a few years ago have to do with anything? These current estimates are building on the 2010 census.

Question for the Cleveland folks: What's going on with the population losses? Being in the 'Nati I get most of my news about CLE from this board, and generally the take seems pretty positive (both in terms of employment and the current developments going on in the city). Is there something you can point to as the culprit? Is it primarily an aging population/declining birth rate situation?

Attendance was great for the last home stand. 34,000 on Friday the 22nd, sellouts on both weekend games, 35000(!) on a Monday night for the Brewers, another 33,000 on Tuesday night, and a good crowd for the day game. I think they are over 28,000/game right now. Would love to see it get to 30,000. By the way, these road trips out west always scare the crap out of me.

Politics is absolutely dirty, and not necessarily rational. Cost-benefit studies and the like may not even matter. On the surface, Chabot's actions seem absolutely idiotic, because they exclude Cincinnati from receiving funds. The same goes for Kasich's refusal of 3-C funds. Yet, I'm sure they had a reason for their actions. I haven't met one single person outside of UO who was in favor of the streetcar. I've met many, many people strictly opposed to it. I realize that this board has some very strong supporters, but I have to wonder if those supporters even realize how much disdain for this project exists outside of the core. Clearly, Chabot is trying to stay on the winning side. "Politics makes me sick" - William Howard Taft Seriously? You haven't met a single person outside this board in favor of it? You must not meet many people.

The Simply Grand concept opened within the past couple weeks in the Great American Tower (down in the 3rd Street lobby).

I can't recommend Atlanta either. Or DFW for that matter. Lots of sprawl and man is it hot.

I'm not suggesting kid-focused restaurants, but kid-friendly would be nice. And the reason that I want things to be kid-friendly is jus twhat you say, Northsider--I like to take my kid to eat at places other than Chuck E. Cheese's so she realizes what restaurants are actually right. She's been to Lavomatic, Senate, and any other number of other places downtown. It's good, but sometimes it's nice to have an option where bringing the kid doesn't earn you the scowls of the "cool kids." :)

I can't believe adverse possession really causes that many places to change hands. It's been several years since I took property, but typically adverse possession requires a possession period in the realm of 20 years.

The weather is just about perfect, great food, beautiful scenery, you can be at the mountains in no time, and a neat old town.

Santa Barbara seems to be a pretty ideal place to live, based on the visits I have made there.

That's what it said! Thanks, Brad.

There are signs posted on telephone poles by the homeless coalition about some sort of activity. I didn't pay real close attention though.

Not sure what you mean by the "Euro crisis," but if you're talking about the general fiscal and economic problems facing European countries--which lately has focused on Greece, Spain, and poentially Italy--the first waves of that crisis happened in Northern Europe--specifically, in Iceland (which I don't believe is on the Euro, either) and Ireland. It's not a purely Mediterannean phenomenon.

Yeah, it looked like an interesting store, albeit one that you would have to have a very specific need for. It should be a pretty prime spot. And things are only going to improve with the Mercer Commons groundbreaking--I don't think people quite realize how enormous that project is and what it's impact could be.

I noticed on the walk this morning that Cooknee Eurocabinets moved out of their space at 12th and Vine. They are apparently moving to Oakley.

I do too. There should be a "family option" at the Banks. Between the Lager House, Holy Grail, Crave, Ruth's Chris, and Toby Keith's, there are plenty of options for adults. No reason not to have something with a broader appeal.

That's a really dated list. Ohio is on it because we have "high unemployment"? I guess maybe in January 2011, but not the case today. Also not very clear what they are basing their rankings on, either.

I guess I'm not following the discussion about colleges/universities at this point, because I don't think that Ohio's higher education system is the problem. In fact, I'm pretty sure that our collection of colleges and universities is pretty enviable. You have public schools with great reputations (like Ohio State or Miami), plenty of large private schools that are well thought of, and probably the best collection of liberal arts schools outside of the northeast in Oberlin/Denison/Kenyon/etc. Added on to that are religious colleges and other state schools that fill just about every niche you could want. In short, I'd say we have plenty of issues, but having a solid higher education system in place doesn't seem to be one of them. Getting more out of that system--or getting more people who come here for school to stay--is a different question.

I'm not an expert, but my understanding is that you would be buying the building but not the land underneath it (though you would have a very long term lease on the land in the case of most ground leases). But I think it is a discouragement for someone; putting six figures into a rehab when you don't own the ground on which the building sits is some kind of a mental obstacle (or at least it was for me). It's a shame, because it's a very nice spot and very interesting size of that building (right about 1500 square feet I think).

If I am thinking of the same building, I looked at that one. It's a good location, but it's only a ground lease--the property is part of the Woodward trust. (If we're talking about the same one.)

I don't think they are using the same definitions you might be, Hts. The FBI UCR defines murders to be the willful, non-negligent killing of a human being by another. The figures they are using don't include things like car accidents in their stats. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/frequently-asked-questions/ucr_faqs_incspec