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They'd probably been working night shifts since they were 9

Also - I'll never get over this picture from the Charity Game... 71,000 to watch Cathedral Latin play Holy Name, with the dirtiest of blocks being thrown behind the play.

Omg this is such a flashback for me.... where was this sign??????

Adult Great Wolf Lodge. I'll share the news broadly immediately.

This is definitely true. While we moved, along with some of our friends with kids, it's absolutely the truth that there are more families in OHC than there were when we moved there in 2018. And my wife and I have talked about potentially moving back when our kid(s) are 16+

Is there a way to see numbers by precinct? From my understanding, police have had incredible success disrupting crime in the east-side precincts, but that's not necessarily reflected city wide. Nonetheless, incredible progress

I'm not sure if this is satire or not. The point is - we probably shouldn't get rid of Lakeside. It should be renovated in phases, introducing mixed income units, inducing new demographics to the area while maintaining the housing for people that need it. It worked wonders in Tremont. I remember going to church with my grandparents and getting off 490 to some less-than-ideal projects. That exit is now vibrant.

Frankly, one of the most frustrating things for me was my friends/neighbors refusal to acknowledge it without adding a qualifying dissertation about the legacy impacts of systemic oppression. Every time we would talk about how it would be nice to have an increased police presence, it was met with a response that focused solely on the follies of policing in the past. I felt as if there wasn't a middle ground to be had where we say "yes, police have historically had issues in its interactions with persons of color" and "yes, police have a very difficult job and we should work to support efforts to give them resources for better policing." My wife once had a friend say "I assume Tom is voting for Trump" - and when she asked why she thought that, she said "Oh I just assumed because he talks about how we need more police officers."

As someone who left the neighborhood more or less for this exact issue, I think you're right, with a caveat... We never would have left if we didn't have a daughter... but then two shootings in broad daylight within about 40 days of each other changed our calculus, as both were on the path we walk our daughter and dog down daily. I tend to agree, the "CRIME IS EVERYWHERE PEOPLE ARE FLEEING" narrative is crazy and untrue... but I am one of now 6 former Ohio City residents in our circle of friends who have relocated to the suburbs because we decided we didn't want to take a chance of that kind of thing happening while we're on a family bike ride. Young professionals and empty nesters won't be bothered by it much, we weren't, and the area will continue to grow. But it certainly changes the calculus of people considering raising a family in OHC. We had no intentions of moving, ever. But when you view life through the lens of a parent, it made us ask questions from a different perspective. I still take Kennedy to the WSM every Saturday morning, though 😃

I mean - isn't this better than geographically arbitrary maps designed to capture select demographics? This seems like a win. Though, I get the point re: Maurer.

Can we just put the world's largest Dave & Buster's in the parking lot and call it a day?

I'll be going to the Ryder Cup on those flights!

FWIW - Fully Blooded Felons are some DUMB MF's. I was involved with a trial involving some members my second year out of law school. I'm shocked they were out there this long - no org structure, at all, constant internal feuding, and they wear clothes and drive cars that SCREAM "I do illegal things"

WRONG I THINK ITS BEAUTIFUL THEREFORE YOU HATE AMERICA

Separately, I take my daughter to the WSM every Saturday morning. We stopped at Gypsy Beans beforehand this week. When we got there, police were outside interviewing people as, apparently, a group of young men were driving around, slowing their car down next to pedestrians, and pulling a spray painted fake gun on them. From what I gathered, it'd happened to 4-5 different groups of people - and one young lady appeared to have special needs and was quite shaken by it all.

A couple of my wife's friends are already talking about how "abhorrent the racial profiling" was at the event. Her one friend said, and I quote "it ruined the event for me..." Apparently they're not alone. I'm no longer on Facebook but I've heard it's been a hot bed of equivocating the police's sensible actions with Stop and Frisk

Like him or not - nothing he says there is really based on emotion or opinion. That's a fact-based recap of what would be an exceptionally frustrating process for anyone.

Terry Coyne just flamed the city on Linkedin again... I hate to say it, but the guy's been spot on, and his critiques are objective and backed up by fact.

Yeah and this owner in particular walked away from full ask offers the previous times he's asked because he thought it was indicative of him being underpriced

Bumping this for this morning's audience...

I heard from a little birdy that the used car lot at 49th and Detroit sold - anyone confirm?

I may have misspoke on the names of them... nonetheless, the ethnic violence that affected my family was in the mid to late 1890s

To that end - my family moved about 1 mile up the road to 61st after initially arriving in Irishtown Bend from Ireland by way of Pittsburgh... they were attacked during the anti-Catholic Know Nothing riots

YEAH BUT WHERE AM I GOING TO PARK

If it's something legit, that would be great infill