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https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1468986740618797070?t=pR-pQDkqVxTVml3jAVV7Qg&s=19

FYI, Maryland Dems chose not to send the more extreme gerrymander to Hogan. Instead, they adopted a map that keeps the current 7-1 make up. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-2022-maps/maryland/draft_concept_2/

The GOP leaders gave depositions that they controlled the process and did not consider racial demographics in their decision making. The Dems on the commission, and the statewide Republicans, both gave depositions saying that they did not contribute to the drawing of the maps. So yes, either you are lying, or you are misinformed.

He can't, because it is a lie. Like about 75% of things he posts.

Maryland is an outlier though, along with Illinois. And to be clear, a truly fair map in Maryland has two Republican seats max. So Dems are getting +2. Republicans are getting +5 just for their efforts in Ohio alone.

I'm not going to keep arguing here because it's like trying to argue with someone who is saying 2+2=5. But I really do implore you guys who are saying that suburban sprawl was some kind of natural process of revealed preference to please, please, please read some history on the topic.

I think further north is where this is more of an issue/opportunity. You can connect into the northern terminus of the current streetcar and route over to Central Parkway to go north from there.

I don't think they'd be a big deal. Widen the sidewalks, and if you want to alter the median you can expand it on the north side. You wouldn't have to touch the lane with the tracks.

This is largely true. Though, there have been multiple tech and biomedical start ups spun out of OU research efforts. If we invested more in OU, we might see growth in research/development/tech private sector jobs in and around Athens.

I've had elected Republicans tell me this straight up. "We don't need more college-educated liberals moving here from the east coast. We need hard-working Americans to work in our factories and distribution centers."

The first sections of what would become I-90 were built in the 1930s. Without it, the east side suburbs would not have developed. It had everything to do with subsidization. Without government subsidized loans and roadways they would not have been able to get to the jobs downtown. As much as they might have wanted a starter home out east, it would've been impossible. When the government took on a campaign to open up new land for cheap, mass produced housing available to whites only, it has everything to do with color. How can you even argue otherwise? Yes. And this is directly tied to building highways and widening roads through urban areas that destroyed tons of housing to open up new land for suburban development.

Liberals: The federal government refused to give loans to minorities, purposely created segregated neighborhoods, and destroyed cities with racist policies designed to subjugate Black people and keep them away from white people. Conservatives: That's okay. It was the will of the taxpayers.

I always thought the east-west portion would get a makeover first, and without the new stadium that probably would've been the case. I do hope it gets its makeover sooner rather than later.

Yea, the best way to attract and retain students would be to invest in our institutions. What's the best way to get a young professional to move to Cincinnati or Columbus from out of state? Get them to go to UC or OSU and fall in love with the city. What's the best way to retain talent in Appalachia? Invest in OU, so more students in the region can go to college in the region and be more likely to stick around. Or maybe a student from WV or Pittsburgh will come to OU and get an internship in Columbus and move to Columbus after graduation. So on and so forth.

Sure. But they can take the bus and get there in under 15 minutes.

Yep, you're definitely right about the parking. Maybe that'll come down in review. But either way I'm happy to see some density added on Central Parkway.

20 minute walk up to the bars and restaurants on McMillan. Half hour walk, 15 minute bike ride, or 5 minute bus ride to Rhinegeist. Five minute walk to the Camp Washington business district, which is starting to see new businesses open up and will probably start taking off for development in the next few years.

That does probably include the subway-surface lines then, actually. There are multiples lines. I'd love to see it broken down by riders per hour for each line.

Is Philly just the Girard Avenue Trolley? Or does it include the subway-surface trolleys? The subway-surface lines have to be higher than that.

It's important to note that Downtown Cincinnati has seen a ton of office to residential conversion over the past decade and more in the works. We're finally getting to a place where there's actually a lack of office space. And particularly a lack of Class A office space. That's why the Foundry project filled up so quickly. I could see this getting moving sooner than later.

Yea, the USA Today tool has a lot of great data in an easy to use format. Glad you shared. Their maps are a mess though.

Fundamental misunderstanding of history. As noted, most urban neighborhoods were not eligible. Plus, the federal government made massive investments in highway infrastructure that destroyed urban neighborhoods and opened tons of new land up for development in surrounding rural areas.

Notice the date on that article. June. In August we got decennial Census data and more in-depth migration data that turned that narrative on its head. The Census estimates were way off over the past few years. Not only did those cities not actually lose population, but they grew over the second half of the decade. The only cities that actually saw out-migration during the pandemic were the largest ones, but it was temporary. We are now seeing a reversion of that. The idea that took hold over the past few years that central city population growth had slowed or reversed turned out to be based on faulty data. Or more accurately, people and the media placing too much faith in the annual population estimates, which were never meant to replace the official decennial census count. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/new-york-city-population-growth.html

Exactly. There has not been an urban exodus and, to the extent there was even a temporary one, it was mostly in NYC and SF. Work from home might be here to stay but I highly doubt a substantial number of companies will go full work from home. More likely, there'll be more flexibility but you will need to be in an office at least some of the time. But also I'd push back on the idea that having more bedrooms is not compatible with urban living. Most of the city is not downtown high rises. I've lived in downtown high rises in tiny 400 square foot apartments. But now I live in a 4 bedroom historic home in the city that is walking distance to bars, restaurants, breweries, the library, parks, an elementary school, a community center, and all kinds of other stuff. And I can be downtown by public transit in 15 minutes. You can have all the amenities of city living, plus a lot of space, in many of our urban neighborhoods.

I just brought up NYC as an example because it was the most egregious. A lot of cities in the Midwest, including the 3 C's never saw the uptick in out-migration that NYC, SF, etc. did in the first place. Migration trends were fairly stable throughout the pandemic. The population growth you saw in central Cbus, for example, did not slow down, and has only increased. EDIT: Also, notice what you did there. The article itself it says nothing about where homes are being built, it says nothing about migration, it just says that there is an upswing in homes with more bedrooms. They could be in cities, suburbs, rural areas, anywhere. We don't know. It also uses the unsure language that this "may" have something to do with work from home policies, but makes it clear that it is unknown. It even mentions that some companies are very much against the idea of permanent work from home. In short, the article doesn't want you to draw too strong of conclusions based on limited data. But in your post you say "this is directly in relation to work from home trend that people expect to last." This happens all the time, and I'm guilty of it too. So not a shot at you. Just an observation that, if we want to believe something, then any little piece of data can be latched onto to "prove" that conclusion.