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That's because there's no money in being a Democrat on the radio. People who spend a lot of time in the car don't want to listen to CDs because they are too short and remind them that the car is taking up a ton of their time. "Just getting to work and I'm already at Track 13?" The radio keeps going no matter what.

How is Vine Street not covered with nails all the time with all these mischievous moppets running around?

I guess a Turnpike kinda gets to do what it wants regarding exit numbering.

A lot of times when a business first opens up, they don't get to open with all the intended signage in place because it's running late, the wrong size accidentally came or whatever. The choice is to either go ahead and open and make some sales or wait for the signs to arrive while paying rent. It kinda sucks, but you just gotta open up.

Of course, running a radio spot only once is practically useless. People need to hear it like seven times just for it to register and more times in order to act. So, bringing up COAST all the time in the news accomplishes that.

Exit 15X? What's the story behind that one? I thought FWW was winner of the high exit letter derby until it was redone.

Doing business overseas is a serious hassle for everyone involved. Companies wouldn't do it if it didn't save a significant amount of money. When the cost advantage disappears, jobs return. Imagine if companies weren't saddled with health care costs in the U.S. I'll say it again -- the lack of nationalized healthcare in the U.S. is a even bigger economic problem than it is a societal one.

Don't worry, there's always Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, India and the entire continent of Africa to find cheaper labor.

^Yes. In the mid-2000s, Charlotte was turning into an NYC Jr. with massive growth in the financial sector. But when times got tough, the Manhattan guys made sure to save their jobs by getting rid of the new guys in Charlotte. Charlotte was definitely a bubble city.

See, that's the problem. This forum's name is too normal. You walk up to strangers and say "Urban Ohio?" to them at Fountain Square and they won't think you are nuts. If the forum was called "Irregular Cheese", then people would get really scared.

I used to love smoking in the mall. I think the last mall cig I had was at Lancaster's River Valley Mall in in 1999. edit: Scratch that, I think it was in some dead mall in Toledo in 2002.

After a long day of bashing the streetcar, it's great to get home and watch Traffic again to get a current picture of all OTR dwellers' daily lives.

Well, Woodward Avenue was legendary in "cruising" circles back in the muscle car days, meaning it had a lot of fast food joints and drive-ins. More burnout rubber has been laid on that street that probably any other in the world.

He probably won't wind up in the asphalt lobby unlike some other transportation director.

That's right folks, the Winnipeg Jets team shop and snack bar are approved by the most discerning buyer out there.

Hopefully these draft picks go well.

Well, MTS, it appears that you might have as much pull in big business as you claim.

Guy 1: "Aren't you banned from that bar, though?" Guy 2: "Now that he's dead, I'm not."

Outsiders always crow when chain establishments close in downtown areas not realizing that urban dwellers don't support chains nearly as much as the general population does.

If there's one thing the Cincy music scene does well, it's the jam band scene.

You don't need to spend 30% for heath care. I have been self employed for over 25 years. I have a personal blue cross plan with a $1500.00 anual deductable that costs me $200.00/month. Our employees have a gold plated plan that costs over $400.00 per month. The difference? I pay for my plan out of after tax income so I have no incentive to overconsume, and an incentive to save my deductible. The employees are paying with pre-tax income and it is taken out of thier check whether they like it or not so there is no oppotunity cost for them, and they have no disincentive for consuming as much as possible. Again, government intervention has perverted the supply and demand system. what is killing us for exports is that China is devaluing thier currency by about $25%. That is equivalent to a 25% tariiff on all goods exported to China and a 25% discount on all imported goods. TEdolph I probably have the same exact plan for myself except with a $1000 deductible. But, we got rated individually. When you take a workforce in the aggregate, the costs become much higher due to people having babies, getting old, getting hurt etc. And, I agree with you that price-insensitive consumers are one of the main drivers in the increase of healthcare costs. But, it's still the system we deal with in the U.S., and there are a lot of companies paying an extra 30% or even more. Individual entrepreneurs/the self-employed, small and medium-sized companies don't get whacked as hard as the big boys. Once you start getting older and have a few health problems, individual insurance gets expensive as well.

It's tough for us to make it in the exporting of products game when our employers are forced to add 30% to nominal wages for healthcare while in other countries the government handles it or has no healthcare requirement at all.

"People using cars more and more"? That's a lie.

We have incredibly active imaginations in this country -- so obsessed with what could happen.

If the middle class ceases to exist, Wall Street will find itself out of business very quickly. There won't be any money for people to purchase their goods and services.