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Volquez could miss 12 months Enquirer staff reports • August 3, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090803/SPT04/308030057/1062/SPT/Volquez+could+miss+12+months Crap!

List goes to 15, and Cincy was tied w/ Charlotte for 15th. Ahead of other cities such as Indy, Chicago, Miami etc...

This is misleading. Just b/c Cincinnati only has 14% of the jobs in Hamilton County (down from what? 20% did you say previously?), doesn't mean it has lost jobs, or even failed to add them. What it means is the rest of the metro grew at a faster pace. And just to point out, those 14% are good jobs, for the most part highly paid office workers. Not saying they don't exist in the suburbs as well (I work in suburban covington), but the rest of the metro's numbers will be inflated by the Walmarts and Targets and other big box stores. Last I looked, this streetcar wasn't going all over Ohio. Greater Cincinnati has grown by about 7.5% since 2000, or almost 150,000 people. The challenge is to make sure the city grows by this much as well. Growth is happening in Cincinnati, and will continue to do so, we just have too many good companies and good jobs for this not to be the case, but we need to make sure it happens within the city limits.

I get depressed whenever this thread pops up on the front page....

Slowly, yes. There was a time and place for unions, but not any more. I certainly don't want to offend anybody who belongs to one, but their primary purpose in this day and age is to make sure their members are paid superior wages for whatever skill level they possess. This spans the entire spectrum, from your regular laborer union to an airline pilot's union. Unions came to power in an age when big business was legitimately exploiting their work force. Not just exploiting, but threatening their very lives with unsafe working conditions. That simply does not happen any more in this country, and we have unions as well as Federal and State laws to thank for that. But their time is up, just look at how they've hamstrung the entire auto industry.

I have a 2nd gen iphone 3G and I get the same thing ever since I upgraded to the new iphone software. Didn't think UO was loading until i scrolled down through the darkness and there she was. Not a big deal, but annoying.

Is this the same LG that made my tv? I had all but given up on this project. After the new developers stopped updating their blog a few months ago I had assumed it had been put on hold indefinitely. Glad to hear it's still moving along.

Every drunk-ass n'er-do-well is one less person who is competing for the jobs I want. Also, on this whole topic of Ohio's out-migration of students. I'll take the positive route. How many of these kids were born in the state of OH, and how many came here for school and simply went back home after graduation? I'd like to have good solid numbers around that before I call this bad news. If the out-migration is essentially the same as the number of kids who come here from out of state, then I'd see Ohio acting as more of a 'cradle of colleges' and not as a wasteland of lost opportunity. We may not have quite enough jobs for all of the students in our state, but by all means, come here for 4 or 5 years and support our wonderful academic institutions. One final spin on this, as I would technically count in the numbers of students who left. I was born and raised in Ohio, went to school at Xavier University in Cincinnati, then moved across the river in KY to live and work. I'm not sure what the overall impact on the numbers might be, but there are a lot of jobs in NKY (3 Fortune 500 companies right across the river from Cincy). My point is that the numbers could be skewed b/c Cincy has a ton of colleges, and a metro that spans 3 states.

I'm with 5/3rd. I think this is a great thread and a great idea. In our day and age, the world of banking is becoming a world of the super-large (citi, boa, jp morgan chase) and the super-small (any community bank, savings and loan, credit union). These three banks are some of the last surviving 'regional' banks, the kind that each city used to have a handful of. Not big enough to play with the large conglomerate banks (although 5/3rd and Key are Fortune 500 companies), but still dominant in their region. Support Ohio's banks!

I disagree. What you're describing is literally every single independent municipality on the west side of Cincinnati, and most west siders would argue they get better municipal services than those that live in the city. Virtually every westside community is unincorporated and has suckled off of the teet of Hamilton County for many, many years. It was recently discovered that Hamilton County was providing free (yes free) police service to some of these areas. Given that public safety makes up the bulk of the expense for local municipalities, it is no wonder why they have been able to avoid the problems of other areas. Green Township and Delhi Township also have more pockets of affluent neighborhoods. Green Township also boasts more commercial properties and better access to interstates than the rest of the westside. If any westside neighborhood were well suited to become their own city it would be Green Township. I agree, but I'm sure if you took a poll the vast majority of west siders would prefer their current arrangement of quasi-independence while relying on the County for many essential services. Sounds to me like Westwood would prefer that setup as well.

I'm not familiar with all the demographics, but is Delhi the best financial analog to Westwood, or would St Bernard and/or Norwood be a better fit? In my limited experience, St Bernard and Norwood tend to have much worse streets than Cincy, and they might be better representative of what Westwood could face. I would say the demographics are comparable, roughly. I also think Cincinnati is selective in the overall level services provided to different neighborhoods, ie Hyde Park gets newer streets before the little corner of Price Hill my grandmother lives in. The westsiders who actually live in the city of Cincinnati have been complaining about this for years, and even though Westwood seems to be on a slide of sorts, it is still a valuable neighborhood. Losing it would not be addition by subtraction.

I disagree. What you're describing is literally every single independent municipality on the west side of Cincinnati, and most west siders would argue they get better municipal services than those that live in the city. My grandmother lives on a street that's half in Price Hill and half in Delhi. It's ridiculous how much nicer the street on the Delhi side is while the city's side is crumbling. That said, I still don't in any way, shape or form think this is a good idea for Westwood.

They have, but this is still pretty dang cool. No question. Also, depending on where one lived and worked in Manhattan, this may even make for a pleasant alternative commute for some.

BAD idea. The government in this metro region is already balkanized to the point of being ridiculous. We have enough redundant municipal government already.... That said, this should serve as notice to City Hall that the residents of Westwood clearly aren't happy with the way things are going at this point. I think the kicker is the debt they'd have to take on. I'd imagine they aren't in any way prepared to handle that.

IIRC, the Parisians have had something like this for awhile. Great shots, makes me want to move to the NYC.

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Pharmacy is a pretty sweet gig. Demand for their services is only going to go up as people like you get older :wink: The thing about pharmacy is, aside from cost of living raises, that's what you'll be making your entire career. Not a bad thing by any stretch of the imagination, but I think I can do better.....eventually. I'm either an idiot or dillusional. Maybe both.

Just thinking the same thing. "Tornado threatening your home? Uneeda Biscuit!" Somebody needs to bring back that brand.

What a life lesson for all of us. No matter how rich you are, there's always somebody who can book 90 hotel rooms at once....

Great shots as always UR. Gotta agree with the comments about Nippert, the setting is dramatic as hell.

Yep. That's going to be huge for Cincy in the years to come.

I love California. It has a real country town vibe to it, maybe the only place in the city where you can pretend you're out in the middle of nowhere. Until you hit Riverstar park and Coney island that is.

Wow, bold stance by Duke. Good for them. I agree with you 100% Sherman. The waste generated by nuclear facilities is scary, but it's in such tiny amounts that all nuclear plants can store it on their own premises indefinitely. Wind and solar are the ultimate answer, but we're decades away from reaching that level with either technology. Nuclear will help bridge the gap.

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I wouldn't say it's been largely torn down. The top of Mt Adams (as opposed to the hillside where your pictures come from) is mostly intact, though there does seem to be a trend toward tearing down some of the worst structures to erect super-expensive town homes. Mt Adams gentrified itself b/c of it's hilltop location and single-family dwellings which made it easier to get in and do it yourself. While OTR has infinitely better architecture, it's mostly in the form of multi-unit buildings which don't necessarily lend themselves to easy rehab by one person. We've gone over this ad nauseum on this board, but IMO, OTR can't fully realize it's past potential if we have to build 2 parking spots for each new condo that comes on board. This is where the streetcar comes in.