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The only reason I think it may survive--and I hope that it does--is that it is the only Macy's on the east side of Greater Cleveland.

That downtown seems forgotten about. Those theaters and the Security Bank tower were something.

Portsmouth looks good. I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know that the Norfolk Naval Shipyard was in Portsmouth.

Wow. That is the most surface parking I have ever seen in a downtown.

Yes, like the entire city of Carmel, Crocker is car-oriented--a simulacrum of urban life.

Carmel, despite being immediately adjacent to Indianapolis, does not have public transportation, so its emphasis on non-auto travel is questionable.

I wasn't aware of Jobber's Canyon until now. What a loss. Wow.

The Regional Connector has opened in downtown L.A.: https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure/article/53063872/la-metro-celebrates-opening-of-regional-connector?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS230620039&o_eid=9803J8073534C0N&rdx.ident[pull]=omeda|9803J8073534C0N

I have never been to Baton Rouge. From these pictures, it looks surprisingly plain.

I am amazed at how poorly Cleveland Heights is served by RTA. The overhaul of the system from several months ago left us in even worse shape, transit-wise. It is now impossible to get to University Circle from the north side of Cleveland Heights without making a transfer. On the other hand, there is direct service to University Circle from Canton and other distant places. RTA's treatment of Cleveland Heights is inexcusable.

According to the 4/15 edition of CH city news, parking lot 5, behind the Cedar Lee, will close at the beginning of May to accommodate the start of construction on CLM.

I am surprised by how good Evansville looks. It's sad about the office building.

The Artisan is so gorgeous. Even though its design in some ways remains true to the architectural craziness of the patchwork era, it is so well proportioned and seems to have been thought out as a whole. It appears sleek and modern despite all its zigs and zags and flourishes. I hope they don't allow a mix and match of window coverings, which has been detrimental to the Midtown.

Wow. Very sad.

Ohio's only hope is for its metropolitan regions to work together to wrest control from the villainous state legislature.

I am starting to like that AT&T building.

I dream of an Ohio covered by overlapping systems of endless concentric high-speed highways. Beautiful dystopian edge cities would emerge at some of the places where the various systems would intersect, and every home and business would be within walking distance of a freeway or toll road. Of course there would be no more walking.

Just fabulous.

So many beautiful old buildings just sitting there.

New York City's has more than 40 percent of the state's population, so it seems it should generate more than the 40 percent of the state's income tax that mrnyc ascribes to it.

Buffalo and the other cities of upstate NY are not as beatdown as people in other places seem to think. Another part of the narrative--that upstate cities are mere vassals of New York City--is also untrue, though the benefits of being in a state that includes New York City and only some of its more conservative suburbs cannot be overstated. For one, the upstate cities do not bear the burden of being in a red state. They also benefit from their proximity to the riches of the Mixedwood Plains: Buffalo is 90 minutes from Toronto, and Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany are three hours, respectively, from Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal.

Whatever happens at Severance, I hope it doesn't have "shoppes" or "village" in its name. Van Aken is nice, but we don't need yet another lifestyle center.

I would say Aurora is one of Chicago's old industrial satellites, like Joliet, Elgin, Waukegan, and some others in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. It has always been connected to Chicago and has become more of a suburb over time, thanks in part to Illinois's liberal annexation policies. As noted by Ink, it sprawls into four counties, though its overall size, which is under 50 square miles, is not remarkably large for a city of its population. The population nearly doubled between 1990 and 2010, going from just under 100,000 to almost 200,000, before dropping by nearly 10 percent between 2010 and 2020. There is frequent Metra service between Aurora and Chicago on the BNSF line, but even the express runs take nearly an hour. While it was once more or less freestanding, Aurora is now subsumed into Chicagoland.

Wow. The façade of the Rialto is really something. I lived in Chicago for 13 years but never made it out to Joliet. It looks interesting.

They both have many beautiful old buildings, but both also have that dead-sunbelt-downtown look, which I find depressing.