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Verizon...love the service, just wish the phones would run Brew apps.

So does Borowski get "injured" again here soon?

Don't you mean the Tremaine-Gallagher House? But, yes, I have always thought that was the nicest single-family home in all of Northeast Ohio. The inside is supposed to be even nicer than the outside. http://chhistory.org/FeatureStories.php?Story=NationalRegister&View=TremaineGallagherHse&section=3

I disagree! :-P :-D

^That's some good stuff right there.

:? I didn't say it happened, I said he said he witnessed a shooting. I can see reading that statement either way, but you were the one putting words in his mouth when you said he "set the record straight" later when he sure hadn't (with his skeptical "we'll call it M80s" remark). I was simply shocked that he made that claim and everyone else just brushed it off.

Maybe because the picture was staged? :roll: And if you're that overprotective that your kids are only allowed to play in your yard, you could easily get a house in Lakewood and Cleveland Heights that would have PLENTY of space for your kids to jump rope and play with a sword (as in the picture), let alone a basketball hoop, play catch, etc. Oh yeah, and then they could ride their bike up to the pool and park with a real baseball field if you loosen the leash. I grew up on a small yard and my brother and I always found ways to make great games out of small spaces. We had relatives in the exurbs that had a bigger yard that was virtually unusable because it was fill dirt that sloped off on the sides and odd landscaping scattering about, so the damn ball was always rolling away instead of staying within the yard and the mulched mini-trees were just nuissances. I always hated going there because I felt trapped in an unfriendly environment...there were never any other kids around that would play...nowhere else to go...etc. I think the fact that families are happier in this environment is a complete myth, especially for the kids. It's an idyllic view sold to us by builders and developers that want to sell more new houses. I'm sure there are happy families there, but I would bet many of them would find they could be just as happy in a more urban area.

Agreed, and I wish it weren't that way as well. Articles such as the one that now seems lost in the shuffle on the previous page and generalized criticisms of all public transportation sure won't help our country receive better train service. The article wasn't posturing that given the current climate, public transportation is less freedom. He was saying that it ALWAYS means less freedom. That is what I disagree with. I think that is the short-sighted view of someone who loves their car a bit too much.

I can see your perspective with regards to bathroom availability, but I would say for most people that is a small consideration in the grand scheme of the relative freedoms of the different modes of transportation. Public transportation also offers less of a loss of spontaneity in more urban areas than suburban ones, as there are more frequent stops, more within easy walking distance of each stop, and more connecting routes to change your travel plans on the fly. Not all public transportation is the same. For instance, riding on an Amtrak train with a restroom would be much more convenient for you than driving long distances, especially if you're going through one of those desolate areas where they put up "No Services for 40 miles" signs.

RNR, I understand what you are saying with regards to flyer buses, but I don't see this holding true for all types of public transportation (rapid transit, local buses). I don't see public transportation as a loss of freedom. I see it as a different set of freedoms. In a car, you are free to change your trip whenever you feel like it. On public transportation, you are free to go about other activities (read, take a nap) that you aren't free to do while driving a car. I suppose that makes the ultimate freedom being wealthy enough to be able to afford a private driver, but that is obviously not very realistic.

Not only is Claddaugh overpriced, there's better onion rings at Brennan's Colony on Lee (actually the best I've had anywhere). I'll give you the Apple Store. I'm not even an Apple fanboy and I think it's a pretty cool place. Of course, it'd be much cooler downtown. I could see that fitting in well right there by Ideastream or something.

^I know, and those cities will most likely empty at a lower gas price. But Lyndhurst is still underserved by transit for people who want to ride it regularly (which would most likely be the case at $10/gallon, Lyndhurst is not one of the cities full of wealthy residents that could pay for gas no matter what it costs).

Is anybody else shocked that ajknee says he witnessed someone getting shot in Little Italy?

If gas goes to $10/gal, you may see cities such as Lyndhurst decline in population vary fast.

There's a reason that shoreline is armored...this thing probably shouldn't be being built. From the Cleveland Scene...kind of long, but a good read... Badlands

Decent, gas mileage, but not that of a Prius if you're driving it around the city. The most interesting aspect of the Prius to me is that it actually gets BETTER gas mileage in city driving than it does in highway driving.

A rare MayDay error. :) That's E. 14th looking west.

Isn't there massive rail line work going on east of Buffalo? I thought for a while you actually had to get off the train, take a bus for a bit, and then get back on the train.

I still stand by the fact that conservatives are constantly bickering about finding rail, but hardly ever bicker about funding roadways. I don't see clamoring for roads to be self-sufficient in the Republican Party. It's hypocritical.

Why are conservatives stuck on rail having to be self-sufficient, but not the modes of transportation they prefer to use?

I think gotribe was getting at the fact that the people are spending a million on many of these houses in South Amherst, and he wishes that (given the fact they have that much to spend) they would spend it downtown. The problem is that they apparently would rather live in BFE (and can afford it). But, yeah, the reason I got fired up about this project was because I hate to see people moving to the middle of nowhere and developing it, especially when they are working downtown. So I guess all I can say is I hope they enjoy wasting a couple of hours every day driving to and from work. EDIT: This brings me to another point...why is the risk of an accident while driving never factored into the relative safety comparisons between living close to downtown (if you work there) and out in BFE. Of course, this also applies to driving home from bars after some drinks (or just having to face all the other drunk crazies out there).

I agree that the quarry redevelopment could be interesting, I'm just afraid they're turning it into something that won't be as interesting as "intended" based on who they seem to be targeting a lot of their renderings and wording at. I completely disagree here. The article said they were getting some young couple that work downtown looking to buy there, but I would bet most people in this country would look at 38 miles form the city as a long distance. In Cleveland traffic, it may not be considered a time wise long commute, but it sure is a long distance, especially as gas prices rise. For comparison, I made a 38-mile ring around two of the most sprawly cities in the US, Atlanta and Houston, and I can tell you with complete confidence (I have "super suburbanite" relatives in both cities) that even the biggest suburbanites in those cities still consider 38 miles from downtown to be really "out there", especially when it's not on the way to another decent sized city.

Agreed That's what the gates represent for those people, but I find it ironic that they don't even close. So the fools are being fooled more than they even know by these marketing gimmicks.

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When they're done there will be no quarry and they will have ruined Beaver Creek, so of course it should be called The Quarries at Beaver Creek. And what young couple wouldn't want to commute from South Amherst to downtown Cleveland every day?