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Yeah, I was taught that in Urban Planning school too. But tell that to PG county outside DC, the highest per capita income black county in the nation... My friends that used to live in Bowie (in the far reaches of PG county), moved farther out mainly due to the influx guns in the public schools as well as other incidents that have become rather common, but used to be unheard of there. Sure socio-economics play a part (and what is that really saying other than making excuses), but I think its a bit beyond socio-economic at this point...

Well ideally, and that's what I'm sure we all would hope for, but that's certainly easier said than done. Unfortunately and much too often, this diversification also proportionately parallels an increase in crime and other things that destabilize a neighborhood. I don't think it is unreasonable to expect to live in a safe neighborhood where people care about one another. I knew several in the Cudell area and north that had to move due to the huge amount of drug activity (and accompanying crime that had come along with it) that seems to taken hold in certain areas. Its too hard to see things move backwards that you have lived in... People tend to not like not being able to do the things that they were once able to do (like walking to the store at night). I mean I have experienced the opposite in DC. My neighborhood is boring as hell, but I cant say that I miss all the muggings, robberies and murders that used to be prevalent when it was more racially diverse.

Mostly (not 100%), and many of the apartment building along Lake have diversified as well, and the area north of Lake (Clifton) has been increasingly affected by the population south of Clifton.

The west side of Cleveland, traditionally known as "the white side" of town, has certainly seen an overall increase in blacks. This includes Cudell/Edgewater as well and even inner suburbs such as Lakewood.. Thus as goes with the theory that you mention of improvement with the increase in whites as opposed to what is happening here, is certainly concern in many of these areas, because with the new diversity, there has been an increase in crime (just a fact). Hopefully with the renewed/continued interest in Ohio City and Detroit Shoreway, those areas will remain stable and continue to build on the urban living model, but it may be the in-between areas that are of the greatest concern. I had been advocating for the Cleveland PD to have a greater presense in these areas (mainly form Detroit Shoreway to Cudell and Edgewater (where the crime increase is most noticable), since we really dont need to see one of Clevelands last traditionally most stable neighborhoods, go down hill...

Lelolai is now in the Arcade... NEW HOME FOR LELOLAI . . . Fans of the popular Caribbean cafe and bakery thought the quiet closing of Lelolai meant an ethnic treasure was gone from the local culinary scene. Happy to report that Lelolai has re-emerged -- and on Cleveland's historic Old Arcade, just off Public Square. According to the store's Mauricio Bega, "We are actually using the same menu as the other store -- still Caribbean, still the Cuban sandwiches and the sweets." Lelolai: 401 Euclid Ave. (the Arcade), Cleveland; 216-771-9956. http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2011/07/our_lady_of_the_waysides_grape.html

Wow it seems to be becoming standard to give big tax breaks for keeping the employees you already have. A generous break for new positions seems to make sense, but I would think such generous incentives for keeping jobs would be setting a bad precedent. I mean what is to keep other companies from demanding the same? And it seems like in many of these cases it is only shifting tax burdens unfairly from the biggest companies to............

So its just a neighborhood thing...?

Yeah its been in the works for a while. Strange way to phrase it though, "Gordon Square District gets city funds for security, maintenance, marketing". Its not like the city is giving them funding for this. They are assessing themselves for this funding...

I'm not saying a word on this one......

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Table 45 I was just waiting for MTS to chime in with his mutual love of table 45..

Its really more about making a statement (or continue to in this case).

No it says the food court.

I've said it before, there are people on this board that are blatant racist or scared of certain ethnic groups so I believe, they assume all people of those groups are the same. Possibly, but Ive seen none of that in this discussion, just you and Hts121 turning it into that....

But that cant be right. If you look at the accompaning map in the article of where the restaurant would be, theres no way it could connect at the food court in Tower City.

Yes, they have to go through and legitimize the votes yet.

Clevelander17 and TBideon you guys are on the ball, and Bizbiz, thank you for your honest interpretation of what you saw. Hts121 and MTS, what planet are you living on?

From a mention in Crains: "The Huffington Post uses a variety of sources to aggregate its way to a list of what it calls “2011's trendiest colleges.” The feature is generated by comparing the New York Times' list of 2010-2011 application increases, CollegeProwler.com's "Top Colleges" list, Princeton Review's 2010 list of the "Happiest Colleges" and the "New Ivies" lists from Newsweek and unigo.com. (That's a lot of aggregating, but the folks at HuffPo are quite good at that.)" Case did have the largest percentage of application increases and came in at number 1 on CollegeProwlers.com's Top Colleges list...

Hmm, this should make Clevelander17 happy....?

Well yeah when your encouraging everyone to submit multiple votes by offering email addresses....

OTR your sending mixed signals.. Is Cleveland really that far behind that they should switch votes now instead of the last day?

Exactly.. Maydays photos always make me homesick..! Ive always heard great things about the Solstice Party, and this was to be the year that I went.... Well if everything goes as planned I will be back there next year and it will one of many things that I cant wait to take advantage of.

Its not their error though. Cleveland didnt come forward with anything (they were too focused on Casino's), thus Kasich is supporting Cincinnati becuase somebody there had the guts to propose something. So it was everyone elses shortsightedness and of course lack of leadership why Cleveland isnt on the Ohio list....

It appeared from the initial article that Kasich was pushing Cincinnati Thank you... Yes, once again Cincinnati was the only city in Ohio that was even being considered. No other cities in Ohio are in contention.

I thought Cincinnati was the only place under consideration in Ohio because of that one developer guy there was was on top of it.... Oh yea here from the first post: "The Business Courier recently reported that Ohio Gov. John Kasich was working with Western & Southern Financial Group Western & Southern Financial Group Follow this company CEO John Barrett to lure an Illinois company to Cincinnati. Read that story here." http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/print-edition/2011/04/29/kasich-western-southern-chief.html

On the last day maybe! But yeah I already thought of that.. It makes sense to change it to someone else that has a chance of winning if your obviously not going to. (But not yet)