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People insist that OSU is the only reason for Columbus' success and density while ignoring how much of an influence on Cincinnati UC has.

I feel like the Southeast Side of Columbus has gotten that treatment. Many of those houses are 15-30 years old.

I had that guy dominated by cranking my amp up and playing Slayer. At least in my mind. He's playing G, C and D... that's beginner stuff!

Where I went to school all the dorms were converted apartment complexes which was also conductive to everyone having a TV in their room plus it had killer cable with over 80 channels. I'm sure that attracted a different kind of student in considering what most other schools had in the '90s. The school really struggled to attract suburban students (except from Cincinnati) and that was one of the hooks trying to get them in. They did much better with small town and rural kids at the time.

Oh very true. Could be divorce, loss or a personal network that has slowly disappeared.

There are an enormous amount of older people that have no idea that the social structure that they used in the '50s, '60s and '70s to meet mates has been completely dismantled starting with the AIDS epidemic on through online dating. Columbus still had some singles bars as late as the late '90s.

Every meal was in a bowl out of the mini fridge. If you wanted to talk movies that was your guy. Back in high school he was in every activity and sport. Take whipcracking parents out of the situation and the overworked kids lock up once they have agency. I will disagree with the sprawl comment regarding people being shy due to my personal experience. In elementary school I lived in a small town where most people could easily walk or bike to see their school friends. The only kids that were separate were a few that lived in the township and ones that lived in a big apartment complex north of town. Of course those kids in the apartments could all visit each other. There was diversity of thought and backgrounds that was tolerated and even celebrated. I can remember every single kid's personality because they all had strong ones, were assertive and most importantly spoke with each other often. Then for middle school we moved one district over to a semi-rural district where people sought and enforced monoculture. But there were multiple archetypes at this school. 1. Kids who lived in town. They were the most like the suburban kids from elementary. Not much diversity, but had personalities. Well spoken. Confident. Had bikes and could walk to things like stores and restaurants. 2. Trailer park kids. Lots of trailer parks in this district. Mostly like the kids who lived in town but could only walk and ride bikes to other residential. More likely to deal with poverty. Very outgoing. Strong personalities. Some struggled with confidence likely due to poverty and bad home situations. Lots more heavy accents, mostly Appalachian and Southern. More familiar with the big city due to constant travel back and forth to it because of family/services on the South and West Sides. 3. Farmers. Farmers usually live on isolated plots but still develop strong personalities and have to be well-spoken to deal with outside stakeholders and services. This is a job that will give you a strong personality and sense of humor whether you want it or not. Now the big problem 4: The kids who lived on 1-5 acres on high speed roads. There were a ton of these. Almost all of them had to sit on the bus 1-2 hours a day. Half the time it was just them and 1-2 other kids on the bus that were years older or years younger than them so they had nothing to talk about. They had zero mobility until after 6pm and maybe not even that if their folks worked bad hours. All they did was go to school, do their homework and watch TV. They did not talk. Ever. They looked at the ground all the time. When forced to speak in school by the teacher they whispered while looking down at their paper the entire time. You never heard anything about them after graduation. There were literally zero of these kind of kids at the suburban school I went to for elementary.

Services and other businesses weren't nearly as far away from the residential. Most residential was focused around a nearby node.

Right every store has to be ridiculously busy most of the time to make money unless it's super boutique. Yet there are fewer and fewer people working in them. They have to serve such a large geographic area.

I missed that sign while we were there for UO Happy Hour. Was wondering what the activity was.

That's already been under construction since at least last June. I have to go to the John Deere dealership over there more than I'd like.

How long did he get to do that? A lot of these dropouts are incredibly crash-n-burn since they think they're smarter than everyone else (especially the tax man) and refuse to think more than one step ahead.

Yeah that's the decorating firm I worked for both in Cincinnati and Columbus. I hated the hours.

COVID really wrecked the convention and trade show business. Some decorators went out of business, some sold and tons of people left the industry. One decorator was advertising on the radio for recruiting when things started firing up again since they were so skeleton. My buddy was in the business for 20 years and switched to selling roofing services and is still doing it. Not many people understand the industry so it's almost like starting from scratch.

Columbus does too, it's Teamsters. Also the light and sound people are from the electrical union. There was talk of Cincinnati going union in the late 2000s when I left the industry. I was not union. I was considered a temp. All the union workers were considered my boss. I think Columbus went all union, no temps around the same time.

That would be so leaky by now. Most old Wendy's and Raxen that still have those have some kind of permanent tarp over them.

Wasn't that long ago that it was the closest Amazon distribution center to Columbus. 2009. Could you imagine that today?

Welcome to the future... 1 million square feet and 25 jobs.

Flew too close to the sun

Distilleries taking off

How about Zug Street. German for train.

They might have closed in the '90s then came back for an encore. Same building.

Oh I don't remember Grecian Corner. Where was it? Possum Holler was definitely open in the '80s.

Here's a picture of my buddies with Jerry from when they played the music for a campaign stop during his 2004 Senate run. I can't remember if I took it or someone else did. Doesn't look like my camera but this is when disposables were still popular.

Yes, they don't like it when they spend millions or even billions on development just to be told it's not needed anymore. They weren't happy when Trump rolled back emissions targets. For them these days it's more about minimizing different part numbers rather than trying to make money from adding or subtracting the physical presence of mechanical options. Now they just put all the options on anyway then lock them out with the computer if you don't pay.