Everything posted by neilworms
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
Not at all. Columbus was all over those large recycle cans in the loop in Chicago, maybe not the best choice of place to advertise, but they actually made a pretty good pitch to Chicagoans: http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/post-launch-images/2015/04/sln_april3/sln_april3_16x9.jpg Cincinnati doesn't even advertise itself as a roadtrip destionation. Even Kalamazoo does that. In fact almost every major city within driving distance to Chicago has ads for itself except for one notable exception...
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
When you have hollywood productions like Amolisa or John From Cincinnati using Cincinnati as a stand-in for anywhere middle USA that's a problem. The city is way more unique than that. I've been on national urbanist discussion groups where Cincinnati got brought up multiple times as a city that has the least distinct local culture, usually from coastal folks who were completely ignorant of the Midwest. Pittsburgh was never brought up - people know Pittsburgh. I've seen multiple posts from people from NYC or SF mentioning Pittsburgh as a place they'd move to if they got priced out of their city... its real.
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
I honestly don't think missing out casts Cincinnati, Cleveland, or other similar cities in a negative light. Does anyone here care that St. Louis didn't make the list? Milwaukee? Detroit? Memphis? Charlotte? Orlando? Tampa? Houston? New Orleans? Minneapolis? No. No one will remember. I agree it's free publicity for Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indy, etc. But it doesn't in any way hurt the image of Cincinnati that we didn't make the cut for the final 20. And yet again Pittsburgh gets free publicity when Cincinnati doesn't. Its a game that Cincy should play a bit more often ;).
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
Dayton Ohio could have even gotten it because it already had a heavy legacy industry at the time...
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
Seattle's transit is still way way better than any of the 3Cs except perhaps Cleveland. Before getting light rail they had the highest ridership of any bus focused transit system, and they also had a specially designed bus tunnel and at least when I was there a ton of express buses that run at all times of the day. Also Seattle's growth started before Amazon it was partially due to buzz surrounding their world famous music scene back in the 1990s that got them out of their 1970s/80s funk. Still a top 20 list, Transit is important to them (to the point where Bezos did fund a streetcar for them) which is why ATL, Pitts and Chicago top the list IMO.
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Ohio: General Business & Economic News
Amazon loves PR games, having a needy city get their HQ is great PR for them, particularly since they feel threatened by results of the last election...
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
Even though they are buddies with Cranley? I mean freaken neighbors. Its all about who you know. They are high enough up to have an ear into that world.
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
That's good news but Amazon could still say, "Well, you don't have it already." It is partially why I'm favoring Pittsburgh or Chicago over Columbus. IMO its going to either be 1) Pitts, 2) Chicago 3) Atlanta
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
What the heck else could it be? I mean it was astronomically ridiculous to assume a fortune 500 company would rain from the sky. There had to be at least rumors among the elites this was going to happen. Not all news is known to the general population.
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
Columbus actually had a plan that would use tax revenues directly generated by Amazon to build transit. I almost forgot Pittsburgh a city that is like a bizarro clone of Cincinnati though generally more progressive and a heck of a lot better at getting their name out there. Also there had to be some serious consideration here otherwise the whole Dennison Debacle wouldn't have happened (the Josephs were salivating at selling their land to HQ2 most likely). And sorry for being harsh, I know that people who are at least suck-ups to the elites in town read this forum and I wanted to kick them in the rear, I mean no insult to people who are trying to make Cincy a better place. IMO an outsiders perspective always does you guys good, I'm staying put ;).
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
As usual Cincinnati is terrible at leveraging its assets, continue to let Columbus walk all over you guys: https://gizmodo.com/amazon-names-20-finalist-cities-for-hq2-thunderdome-1822189326
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
Wal-Mart is discussed in MIS classes as being a benchmark for using tech in brick and mortor retail operations. They have more tech than you may think....
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
Like several others here, I seriously doubt that Cincinnati will ever land HQ2 - but if it does, what then? Amazon ain't nobody's friend and it won't be rolling into our town to make it a better place. In fact, as you implied, just the opposite scenario may occur if Jeff Bezos' will be done. His primary order of business will be to (take your pick): (a) neutralize; (b) weaken; © absorb; (d) annihilate Kroger, P&G and/or Macy's. As it stands now, Cincinnati is truly a formidable marketing/retail citadel that this Seattle Death Star genius would just love to breach and incorporate into his Borg army. No matter how weak and vulnerable each may be, Cincy's three giant retailers are nevertheless strong players still standing. Very soon, Nelson Peltz will drop down out of his own Trojan horse into our midst to become a dangerous threat. However it's accomplished, taking care of this toxic character should remain our first concern. What would help Cincinnati is a mass influx of transplants who have seen how the rest of the world works and would consider what's "Normal" in Cincinnati to be bonkers. It would help break the "Cincinnati mentality" and allow for new ideas to flow into the city.
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
Columbus would so fit that role way better... and that's representative of the problem Cincinnati has in this regard. It should at least be as well known for having an identity as St Louis.
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Cincinnati: Fountain Square: Development and News
Amazing how a lot of other cities have special HQ stores, yet in Cincy its very hard to do this concept, only the new Kroger might hit it. IMO it reeks of the elites of Cincy not really caring as much about their city as they should...
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
I take a bit of a negative attitude right now, but I also feel that yes it is fixable, just work harder to throw out the POS who got reelected and his ilk (and IMO shouldn't have been reelected if it wasn't for a darn good campaign to smear Yvette over the Childrens Hospital thing). I literally want to crack the Cincinnati mentality in two, and it takes a combination of boosterism and criticism. I do both btw, took a few friends to Cincy that moved to Columbus and showed them what you guys have that makes your city special and they were impressed (initially skeptical btw as no one talks about Cincinnati on a national scale). I've also given travel advice to another friend who should be visiting next week - in the hopes that she'll see great stuff the city does nothing to promote. You do have to wonder though why more people don't know about that and what can be done to change that hence my cynicism and skepticism. Imagine if a place like Boston just wasn't known to anyone in the country, wouldn't that be a bit odd to you? That's kind of what I think about Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
Both, also to promote economic development. Their is also great value in making your place visable too particularly if you aren't a coastal city. Almost everyone knows what Pittsburgh is, but go onto a national level city discussion group and people will say, I don't know much about Cincinnati... or I've never been there, that's a problem. :/ Also as a safety net, yes Amazon will be, frankly given Cincinnati's current leadership and trend of making bad decisions if it looses P&G it will turn into a place like Dayton just with prettier buildings.
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
Cincinnati can't even advertise on the Chicago L as a good weekend destination when just about every other Midwestern city does it - even Kalamazoo Michigan. St Louis actually had one of the coolest campaigns basically appealing to Chicago's urban snobbery and saying hey we are a bit cooler than most Midwest day/weekend-trips. Cincinnati should do the same but they don't :/ (or take a page from the Kalamazoo adverts and pump up the local microwbrewry scene which IMO is excellent - I've even brought beer with me back from Cincy and distributed it to parties here and they all go over well). I know Mallory made a point to send a delegation of Cincinnatians to NYC every year he was in office. The last one I remember hearing about was the first year Cranley became mayor, I have a feeling he killed it, can anyone confirm?
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
I think what does make Cincinnati special right now is the quality of its underutilized neighborhood bones is higher than most urban cities outside of the coasts. Very few cities have neighborhoods of the potential caliber of OTR available for redevelopment in the backyard of their downtown. Ditto for Covington and Newport. Think about Columbus for instance - short north and German Village are a fraction of what's available in these core areas. I'll agree that Cranley et. al doesn't understand this stuff but out of towers will and the amount of money at stake here will allow them to bypass their provincial bs. The level of international development monies that a 2nd Amazon HQ would attract would force all the core urban neighborhoods to accelerate their development and improve quality of life. Downside is locals after the initial happiness of the announcement aren't going to like how their precious culture of mediocrity is being ruined. Of course the sorry state of these neighborhoods does hurt attracting this HQ... Though maybe from a PR perspective its a good thing, makes Amazon look like a "Rust Belt Hero"
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Cincinnati: Restaurant News & Info
neilworms replied to The_Cincinnati_Kid's post in a topic in Restaurants, Local Events, & EntertainmentThere are also a lot more students in Coryville than their used to be.
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
I think more importantly it would be an injection of transplants the city really needs. Transplants tend to have a deeper appreciation for the assets Cincinnati has mainly its built environment and are less worried about petty provincial BS like the high school question or east/west divides etc - it would overwhelm the prevailing culture. I'm curious what the backlash against that would look like... Also what happens when these transplants start demanding things that are normal other places like bike lanes?
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
Amazon isn’t concerned about “helping” or “transforming” anyone or anything. They want what’s best for them and them alone. Bezos along with the rest of Silicon valley is scared to death of Trumpism and realizes that part of that is due to concentration of money/power on the coasts. They are only helping because its good business for their line of work to keep the country from turning into an anti immigrant Banana republic. Also Amazon loves PR stunts to boost sales (remember the drone thing a few years back...)
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Cincinnati: General Business & Economic News
In terms of absorption I think Chicago could handle that, and we have the transit/culture that they are comfortable with. Downside is corruption / bankruptcy of the state of IL. Cincinnati is probably in the top tier, but I'm guessing it will either go to Pittsburgh or Chicago as both have more of what Amazon wants and both would be boons to that company's focus on maximizing PR gimmicks. Face it Pittsburgh is better at selling itself on a national scale too. If Cincinnati gets it oh boy are the blue bloods in for a culture shock - it will totally be a good thing for the city.
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Cincinnati: Fountain Square: Development and News
Cincinnati has a particularly hard time understanding this....
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Cincinnati: Urban Grocery Stores
Its terrible design for being within sight of Cincinnati's downtown. Travel outside of the Cincinnati region a bit and you'll see why...