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All jokes aside, does this really happen all the time? If so, why are we hearing about it now? Theories seem to be everything from a distraction from the East Palestine disaster to a "show of force" after the Chinese balloon. If it doesn't happen all the time, then the obvious questions are- who and why now? The answers to those are probably not great.

It's really astonishing how little other suburbs have learned from the success of Bridge Park.

I'm not singling out any single developer, because I kind of feel like most of them do this outside of the immediate urban core.

I was going to say the same thing. Also, the layout is awful. I don't know why so many developers are in love with building apartment complexes with seas of parking around several smaller, separated buildings. It's horribly car-centric, unwalkable and frankly, ugly. Fewer, larger buildings with either a garage or otherwise hidden parking on the edge of the site should be the norm, not whatever that is.

Graves. Not sure if they still contain remains, though. Some of the graves are approaching 200 years old, but surely there are at least some bones left.

Saw this on Reddit.

It's OSU, of course they'll get what they want. It's the same reason Children's has been able to demolish entire blocks of homes for its own expansions. They're big entities with deep pockets and even deeper influence. It would be pocket change to move the house and restore it. The only way that happens, though, is with lots of pushback from the public and city. I did enjoy the statement about how OSU is not in the business of demolition, but OSU East literally sits on land that was a neighborhood at one time, as was most of the main campus.

That there still might be several hundred graves is surprising.

Yep. They might go to school in Oxford, but they don't stay there when they graduate. They go to Cincinnati, Columbus or Cleveland.

Are most people's friends work colleagues, though?

Columbus is still relatively young, and it still counts towards almost half of the metro population. I think the aging population will effect the outer counties the most- Perry, Hocking, Morrow- but less so ones like Franklin, Delaware and even Licking. It will also heavily depend on immigration, both domestic and international. I could easily see the region's domestic migration increase over time. It's been the smallest contributor to the metro's growth compared to natural and international, and there's little doubt that more people will be moving to the region based on economic factors alone. International is more iffy. There is so much political nonsense involved with it now, but even so, the international migration rate has grown from an average of about 1500/year in the 1990s to almost 6200/year in the 2010s. Natural growth has been pretty stable. Between the 1990s and 2010s, births increased an average of about 3,932/year. Deaths increased an average of 3,704/year. So birth growth is still outpacing death growth over time. Any influx of domestic or international migration over what already exists could widen that gap more considering those groups tend to be younger outside of retirees, of which Ohio is not generally attracting. I'm not necessarily saying that there can't be any slowdown in growth rates, but I am arguing the factors in play all argue against a 63% drop decade to decade. I fully expect the metro area to hit another 200K+ this decade. Perhaps the 2030s and 2040s will be slower than that, but the average should be well above 88,000.

For one county, 30,000 is pretty big. Over the metro area, they were off by just over 40,000.

They don't overestimate traffic because they believe there will be more people, though. They do so to justify the billions they spend building these projects. There's a powerful lobbying effort behind road building, and they inflate usage numbers to keep the grift going.

While MORPC's estimates may be rosy, I think the DOD's projections are overly pessimisstic, if not outright ridiculous. Keep in mind that the Columbus metro added almost 237,000 people 2010-2020, so a 264,000-person gain over 3 decades would be an epic slowdown to just 88,000 per decade, or almost a 63% decline per decade. That would be the slowest metro growth since the Great Depression. I just don't see that happening, not with all of the economic momentum with the megaprojects planned and related development. If anything, while the rest of the state may fair a lot worse, Columbus should remain a very bright spot in Ohio and the Midwest.

I'm not so sure about that, honestly. They'll be building more in Licking County for sure, but if total growth to the region increases overall, I would still expect the vast majority to still be into Franklin County itself. It has the most housing, the most neighborhood options, the most amenities, the most jobs, etc. All those things will continue to be true going forward, especially in regards to housing. Franklin County will build far, far more residential units than all the other counties combined over the next 20 years. The Census release schedule has been screwed up since Covid began. Normally, there would be significant releases in March and May, but looking at the site's release schedule, nothing is listed at all, so who knows.

One thing I disagree with is the thought that Franklin County will get 50% of that growth. Historically, it's gotten 70% or higher. Not sure why it should get that low of the total.

That one-story corner will eventually get something.

Yeah, that's kind of what I remembered. Certainly a lot better than what's currently there, but Bridge Park is also not an honest comparison. Those are some massive parking lots, and the layout where there's an auto entrance between just about every building is terrible.

Anyone have the layout to this? I seem to remember it being nowhere near the density of something like Bridge Park.

Or pay to move it to a nearby location if they need the land so much. This is the crap that happens in historically minority communities, though.

Clintonville... smh.

Are these new?

Not sure if this is really new information, but the proposed Bethany Flats project for 295 E. 4th Avenue released new plans. It calls for 2 buildings, one 2-story with 10 units and 1 3-story with 40 units.

Noticed this new record today for 430 W. Rich and wondered if this may be some movement on the long-awaited Lucas Lofts project.

While it's good this is finally getting torn down, I am not at all excited about what's most likely to replace it.