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^ Yeah, in Illinois they report "sexual assault," which includes crimes other than rape, and rapes are one of the crimes that Morgan Quitno uses for the rankings.

It's probably still a bit early to say this, but it looks like this is easily going to be the best-designed casino in Ohio. I know they're in fashion right now, but the Times Square-style video panels all over the place made me laugh! I remember a while back ODOT had an issue with the LeBron banner on the Landmark Office Towers because it was visible from the freeway. I wonder what they'll have to say about those things.

Sorry, but that's absurd. There are many historic and geographic reasons why Ohio City is not "downtown" by any means- simply being near the center of the city doesn't make it so. That said, there is an undeniable connection to Downtown, which is why I think the idea behind the "Down and Around Town" branding makes sense: http://www.downandaroundtown.com/ ------- As far as locations in Cleveland go, I think criticizing a Midtown location for lacking nearby restaurants is rather specious. There's plenty of under-utilized land in Midtown to build parking lots or garages on (not necessarily on Euclid Avenue,) and even in Beachwood you'd have to drive to go out to lunch! I'm not saying that Midtown would be perfect, just that those arguments seem a little weak to me with all the restaurants in downtown and Asia Town, and the growing scene in University Circle (Uptown, etc.) An area I would have liked AG to consider is in the industrial parts of Cudell/West Boulevard or southern Detroit-Shoreway, since there were several AG plants and warehouses there in the past.

^"Most expensive," not wealthiest, though there's obviously a correlation between the two.

Well, not on the East Side :-P Ohio City (and the rest of Brooklyn Township) were very German at one time. I believe there was even an effort to authorize the public schools on the West Side to offer instruction in German. There are still remnants, such as the German Central Farm in Parma, the Sachsenheim on Denison, and Oktoberfest, but it's true that the Germans in Cleveland largely assimilated and were overshadowed by Eastern European immigrants.

From Michael McIntyre's Tipoff column on cleveland.com this morning: "The Children's Museum, which occupies a tired space in University Circle, is considering a move to the Powerhouse on the west bank of Cleveland's Flats, according to sources. It could be a smart move pairing the museum with a new aquarium planned for much of the Powerhouse space. It's also possible that the museum will stay put and make major renovations. It's on a month-to-month deal with University Circle, Inc., which owns the current building. The museum's financial picture has improved recently, giving it options." http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf/2010/11/clevelander_joe_eszterhas_rips.html

Clevelander Joe Eszterhas rips the city's critics in piece in Playboy Published: Saturday, November 20, 2010, 5:00 AM Michael K. McIntyre Native son Joe Eszterhas, the former Plain Dealer reporter and Hollywood screenwriter who moved back home to Bainbridge Township almost 10 years ago to raise his kids, has a big essay about Cleveland in the December issue of Playboy. "City of Broken Dreams," reads the headline. "Life will crush you if you're not careful. That's why you have to be tough to live in Cleveland." http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf/2010/11/clevelander_joe_eszterhas_rips.html

Didn't say it couldn't have.

^It does, but they're separated by the valley.

^ Interesting that they're expanding. I was under the impression that the Big Egg wasn't doing well. Maybe it's just me, I guess.

^ I'd recommend waterproof boots of some kind, even if they aren't "snow boots" per se.

The speech of Connecticut and most of western New England (western Massachusetts, Vermont, eastern New York) are part of a continuum of related northern accents that stretches into the Midwest. Only recently have the Great Lakes cities begun to diverge from this. Also, the Pittsburgh accent is NOT a Great Lakes accent. It is very different from Cleveland and Buffalo, and also from Hartford. This isn't really true. The idea of a "standard" American pronunciation really only took root with the national dissemination of media- movies, radio broadcasts, and news broadcasts. If you want to point to Webster's as a pronunciation guide, the most influential edition was the second edition of Webster's New International, published in 1934. The pronunciation editor for that edition was John Samuel Kenyon, who was from... Medina, Ohio. Mr. Kenyon also co-wrote a very influential book on American Pronunciation, which is partly why the speech of the Inland North (pre-Northern Cities Vowel Shift) was the basis for "standard American." I find the southern Indiana (and Ohio and Illinois) "drawl" to be quite noticeable, probably because I speak a Northern dialect. The desire to differentiate the northern parts of the Midwest from the southern parts is why the speech in the north was traditionally so careful, and an exaggeration of that tendency is probably what led to the emergence of the Great Lakes accents in the first place. That's a pretty astute observation- that's approximately the line that divides Northern from Midland accents.

It did until about the forties. When the rest of the Great Lakes cities underwent the Northen Vowel Shift, Erie didn't follow. I've always wondered if that was due to a strong intra-state cultural connection with Pittsburgh that outweighed whatever affiliation they felt with the other Lakes cities.

Speech in Erie is more like that in Pittsburgh than any Great Lakes city.

I don't know how many customers are going to be "stolen" by a food truck, to be honest. If I were going to dinner at Luxe or Parallax, I would be highly unlikely to say, "Oh look, there's Din and Den Sum. I'll just eat there instead."

Don't forget the West Shore commuter rail!

So to clarify, if Ohio accepts the $400 million to upgrade and build infrastructure (including passenger train stations), is it actually obligated to operate service on the 3C line? Kasich could have all this stuff built (generating construction jobs and investing in the freight rail infrastructure that he claims to want for Ohio) but then avoid "subsidizing" the operation of a passenger system. Then, when we get a more progressive state government in the future, it's ready for us to use.

But seriously, congratulations!

^ I'm aware, thanks.

Sc.B. in chemistry, A.B. in French, M.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry.

I'm a Clevelander (raised in the city) and I picked the Indians. I love the Browns and Cavs too, but I'm definitely more of a baseball fan.

In today's Crain's Cleveland Business, Carol Caruso, senior vice president of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, is quoted as saying that the GCP is likely to support Kasich's plans to drop the 3-C project (though they would advocate for an east-west lakeshore route connecting Cleveland to Chicago, and also a Cleveland-Youngstown-Pittsburgh route.) What a shame that they don't see the economic development possibilities of 3-C. http://www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101108/SUB1/311089977

^Cleveland. My ophthalmologist practices there.

No, you can't. I can see why you think that, but it's a gross oversimplification. Year-to-year numbers are pretty much meaningless. You have to look at long-term trends. We are a high-crime city primarily because we are a high-poverty city. Homicides dropped from the mid-nineties through the first part of the last decade, which corresponded to relative prosperity in the city. Population loss also slowed during that period. In the mid-2000s, there was a series of big arrests that led to a shakeup of the gang hierarchy on the streets. For the next few years, there was essentially a gang war going on, and that (along with the recession) caused an uptick in crime. Now, the gang war is basically over and we're slowly recovering from the recession, so the trend now is back towards a lower level of homicides. 75% of last year's homicides happened on the East Side, and 40% were in the southeast corner (District 4) alone. It's no coincidence that the areas of the city with the worst drug and gang problems see the most homicides. If you want the homicide rate to improve for real, and by that I mean over the long term, addiction and other programs in these neighborhoods need a big boost. The problem with that, of course, is money.

^Why are you talking about "improvement from last year" like it's some kind of sports team record? The only way to "improve" our homicide rate is to improve the conditions that foster the gang and drug-related violence that causes up the vast majority of the homicides in this city.