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But, it is so fun! Why stop?

That is the first time I heard that as a rationale for a haircut :) "Hey, can I have a hair style that will make me look more gay??" But young folks today wear their sexuality. They don't care. It's on the internet, facebook, myspace, etc. They call it "expressing and being true to themselves". ::) I don't think that that is necessarily true. I know a lot of breeders with the same type of hair style as ProkNo5. I think it is more of a trendy/hipster thing than it is a gay thing (Chet from the Real World Brooklyn comes to mind). BTW ProkNo5, I like it, but the angle you took it from (and the look on your face) makes you look like a creeper. lol, don't take that the wrong way. :-D

^Those views are awesome!

I would argue that it has more to do with a positive adult role model or active parent (whether that role model/parent is male or female makes no difference) than it has to do with a positive male role model/father. My father wasn't around and I don't sell drugs or turn to other illicit activities to make money. Of coarse, there are many different factors that lead to someone choosing (or indirectly choosing) a life of crime. Those include whether or not you have a positive adult role model, environment (at home, school, etc.), financial status (not a determinant, but a correlation; usually if first two are negative), and whether or not you seek instant gratification (as opposed to long term benefits; something that might go along with Oscar Lewis' "Culture of Poverty"), which might be influenced by many things. I think that legalization of some drugs (and regulating them), improvement of education, and a better funded/managed social service program(s) would lead to lower crime and a better standard of living (and might lead to the reversal of urban sprawl). Fixing the last two would be difficult, but I am sure it is possible.

I'm so confused. I thought Shaker Heights was a suburb? I think he meant to say on the outskirts of Cleveland. ;)

Absolutely horrendous! Who would want to live in the crappy, characterless Moreland Courts? :-P All joking aside, what a wonderful tour! Too bad a certain person, *cough* MTS *cough,* who lives in the area couldn't get out more and photograph the nabe himself. Thanks MayDay!

Mansfield GM plant to lose 190 by April 1 News Journal staff report • March 27, 2009 ONTARIO — The Mansfield Stamping Plant will lose an estimated 190 hourly workers, many by April 1, to General Motors Corp.’s Special Attrition Program, the auto giant announced Wednesday.

I love the first shot. Thanks for the tour!

Wow, what an amazing tour! Thanks!

Thanks everyone! And yes, they did a really good job on Euclid.

Thanks for the tour, great pictures. I was in that area last Sunday, but I didn't have my camera. This area has some jems and a lot of potential. Thanks again.

Spring break started on Friday and I decided that the first thing that I wanted to do was go up to Cleveland for the day. So, Saturday (21 March 2009) my friends and I made our way up to Cleveland, parking at W 150th (Puritas Station) and made our way to Ohio City! Made our way down Lorain and went to Unique Thrift Store (across from 5/3 Bank) to look for some ironic t-shirts :laugh: and then made our way Downtown. The skies cleared up! And it is cloudy again... Hunger started to set in, so we decided to make our way to Little Italy for dinner. Although the weather wasn't the best, I still had a good time and after our fun filled day my friend from Houston said, "I love Cleveland." He also said that he likes how Cleveland has a train that actually goes places. Goodbye Cleveland!

Has anyone been inside Tower City lately? They have posters everywhere listing why the convention center should go there. It says $100 million reasons why the convention center should be built at TC then it lists several of the things that they have had the PD print. It is pretty pathetic.

^Yes, you would. I know that I would join an All Aboard Ohio Group on Facebook and several of my friends would join, and then some of their friends would join and then...

Bad spelling! (Crocs) :) If you can spell Fendi and Hermes, surely you can learn to spell a few other things MTS. :) What she sad! lol. Shouldn't we be used to his bad spelling? :-P I kid, I kid.

^Yes, it will. I have several relatives who would lose their jobs if GM closed. Not to mention the negative effects that would have on other industries in Mansfield (Newman Tech and Jay Industries to name a few) as well as on area business in general.

StarTek to hire 100 at $9 an hour By LOU WHITMIRE • News Journal • March 20, 2009 MANSFIELD -- StarTek announced Thursday it needs to hire 100 people as soon as possible. [email protected] 419-521-7223 Mansfield's Crane Plumbing cuts 14 jobs By TERRICHA BRADLEY • News Journal • March 20, 2009 MANSFIELD -- A Mansfield manufacturing facility will eliminate 14 jobs by the end of the month, adding to the growing list of unemployed. [email protected] 419-521-7233

Just because you are afraid to show off your nasty feet doesn't mean you have to be discriminating against flip flops! :wink:

Gildone - Thanks. I have driven through the area when I went to visit friends at BW and it is pretty ugly.

Is the proposal for an extension north of the airport (where all that vacant land sits around Cleveland Parkway, which is what the proposals that KJP shared with us makes it seem like) or is it south of the airport around the beginning of Front St (near the end of the Berea Freeway)?

End of mall is drawing near Asbestos removal precedes demolishing of Southwyck Article published March 19, 2009 By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Southwyck Shopping Center will be cleaned up and torn down to clear the way for a redevelopment of the South Toledo site into a mix of residential and commercial buildings, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said yesterday. The cleanup and demolition will cost the owners of the property $2.6 million, which includes a $1.5 million U.S. Environmental Protection Agency brownfield loan awarded to fund the asbestos removal. Mayor Finkbeiner said demolition of the mall, which would proceed in four phases and run simultaneous to asbestos removal, will take about seven months. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20090319/NEWS16/903190346

Smurfit-Stone shutdown will cost 83 jobs By LOU WHITMIRE • News Journal • March 19, 2009 MANSFIELD -- The Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation on South Illinois Avenue will close in the spring, resulting in the loss of 21 salaried and 62 hourly jobs. [email protected] 419-521-7223 Analyst: Ontario GM stamping plant might not survive cuts Staff and wire reports • March 19, 2009 ONTARIO -- An auto industry analyst reported that General Motors' Mansfield Metal Center could be in danger of a shutdown.

That seems ideal to me.

Mansfield sells home in Chamber District By LINDA MARTZ • News Journal • March 18, 2009 MANSFIELD -- A West Virginia couple will move into the first Chamber District home sponsored by the City of Mansfield. [email protected] 419-521-7729

Thank god those weren't built. Thanks for sharing.