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There are bigger signs. The sign for the Gateway Q real estate office is quite a bit bigger (though not overpowering). I wonder if it is larger because they want to lure people there. OTR is a great place to live, by the way.

I wouldn't worry about it starting a petition to boycott it. The Enquirer's circulation is already in a death spiral. And for what it's worth, their reputation is not good in journalist circles. I have a friend who works for the Lexington paper, who has described the Enquirer as a "joke" on more than one occasion.

I'm fine with the new signs, but I see them every day, so maybe I am just used to them. Partially I'm glad there aren't over the top neon or other overbearing signs, because there are plenty of residents on the street, and more coming every day.

Yeah, why would we want to live in a city with growing population and improving economic prospects, like Portland? Better to have your cities lose 10% of population every decade. Yeesh.

I saw on my walk to work today that the sign for A Tavola is up. They must be getting close. (By the way, I really do like all the smaller-style signs they have. A nice uniform approach, which makes some of the bigger signs (like the one for the old Gateway Quarter sales/info office) really stand out.

Be careful what you wish for--if Bortz goes and is replaced by someone who is anti-Streetcar, it's far worse.

No, it's not a church service. I've never understood the mentality of going somewhere just to be pissed off and disagree about everything. But if that's what floats your boat, go for it.

Honestly, I can't figure out why you spend so much time on this site.

Looks like they did a pretty good job on that.

Wish we had shovels in the ground before the election this past November.

Terrible news. Ugh.

Did anyone else see something on the evening news about Cecil Thomas threatening to change his vote re: accepting money if some of his projects weren't discussed? I'm only hearing this second hand.

^Ah. Thanks.

How does Cincinnati get Dayton added and only get to 2.4 million? Wasn't Cincy at 2.1 by itself?

No. Water is high but not that high.

Well, of course it's going to depend on the individual circumstances. One thing I did not do was take a look at the difference in tax revenue sent to Washington versus that coming back. IIRC, Southern states are pretty routinely near the top in getting more money out of Washington than they send. If the hard-right GOPers manage to really cut spending, it could have a disproportionate effect on Southern states.

Well, I guess it depends on what criteria you are using to evaluate the state. Health of the residents? In the ten "least healthy" states, all but Nevada are "southern" to some extent (depending on how you classify Oklahoma and Texas), and all are in the Sun Belt. http://blog.healia.com/00194/top-10-least-healthy-states-america Poorest? Again, the top 10 is dominated by Southern states. http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/povfact4.shtml Education? More of a mix here, though there are plenty of southern states near the bottom (and the top 20 is dominated by northeastern and midwestern states). (Not the most recent data, but there is a more recent PDF from the Census bureau that is along these same lines.) http://www.statemaster.com/graph/edu_bes_edu_ind-education-best-educated-index This is 2004 Census data, but now you see an advantage--lower taxes in the southern states. http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco_tot_tax_bur-total-tax-burden-per-capita I'm sure there are other things we could use to debate...

Interesting that Cincinnati-Dayton is almost identical to Cleveland-Akron.

Link to the Post-Dispatch story: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_a1434d74-4046-11e0-8ae8-0017a4a78c22.html

Some new data must be out. According to the St. Louis paper, the city's population was down 8%.

^Yeah, I can see it right now. It doesn't look too bad.

I know what you are saying, Sherman, but this same line of reasoning is the ultimate justification for, say, shopping at Wal-Mart.

Looking good. How have presales been?

It was more than that. Low end I want to say 1200, but I think it was more like 1600.

It's a good point in the article that they will be costing the city $400k to do a ballot initiative in May if they do one. Still, I'd rather construction be well under way at that point.