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Actually, you know what is pretty diverse by Cincinnati standards? The crowds at Kenwood mall. I guess there's something to say there about how downtown isn't really an economic crossroads like it was last century, but Kenwood has filled that role with the ongoing collapse/consolidation of brick and mortar retail.

Discount airlines are great options for young, flexible travelers and people who are just barely able to buy into the airline travel experience. Personally, I was starting to cramp up on Delta Comfort Plus from NYC to London. There is no way I'm subjecting myself to a discount airline seat across an ocean.

Thank god. Vine Street needs this!

Whole foods doesn't have the clientele that complains about everything. The biggest difference between poor and middle-class or upper-middle class people (who actually eat healthy) is how they react to things that don't seem to go their way. For someone who shops at Whole Foods, their time is more valuable than the average person who shops at Kroger. I hate to say it but I'm sure they're also more likely to just let the small things in life that were out of their control, go, without caring much and feeling the need to make a petty point. I doubt Whole Foods even deals with "Shrink" issues the way Kroger or Wal-Mart does, despite their merchandise being much more expensive. It seems like the most retail theft happens at Dollar Stores (they always have that audio warning you when you enter, that you're under surveillance and have monitors everywhere showing that you're on camera.) I wish Kroger would have acquired Whole Foods but the best thing they can do now, is more directly compete with them. did it ever occur to you that most Kroger customers don't have the disposable income that Whole Foods customers do? If a particular product (say a staple item) is damaged or unfit for consumption, the few dollars that was used to pay for it by the Kroger shopper is going to mess up that person's food budget for a week; but the Whole Foods customer can pay those same dollars (or much more) for an upscale product, and if that's inedible, it won't make a dent in that person's finances. I would say that's poverty in general. Middle class and above, you live in a world of hundreds to thousands of dollars, months and years. Poor people live in a world of pennies and dollars, minutes and hours. They undervalue their own time and labor and overvalue near-term gratification, at the expense of undervaluing long-term investment. This is a natural survival mechanism for living on the financial brink, which just perpetuates their poverty. They are willing to spend their time on little complaints because they live in a world where their time isn't worth very much, so they have no perspective.

Remember in Demolition Man where Taco Bell was the only restaurant left? Jeff Bezos loved that movie.

Thank you to the UO'ers who actually travel to and document these projects, and share the results with us here. It's the difference between real information and the endless fibs and he-said she-said of lesser internet discussion boards.

IMHO, the most important announcement for downtown since the creation of 3CDC.

Downtown and OTR seemed oddly dead aside from the Taste. There was no Reds game or programmed event at Washington Park. Everyone's routines are completely upended over that holiday weekend, with many people attending family functions out in the suburbs. Nevertheless, May ridership should be much higher than any month since October. It didn't help that the meteorologists predicted 90% chance of rain and thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday, and there ended up being essentially none. I know the Midwest is tricky with weather, but I'm starting to think meteorology is not far removed from astrology.

Perspective also comes into play with a lot of other issues of America vs Europe. Like healthcare. Americans don't like the idea of a giant bureaucracy making their healthcare decisions. News flash. Anthem alone insures more people than 35 European countries. For a profit.

I have found most of the Midwest and South is pretty much the same. There are a handful of nice small towns in each state, otherwise if you live in the country your options in life are limited, and the politics are very conservative. Opportunity is in the metro areas, of which you can find nice things about each of them. From Savannah to Cleveland.

I think their bars are just kind of bland and safe. They have a few different concepts, and all are pretty 'meh'. They all seem to attract the similar type of person--generally bros and suburbanites. They all play shitty music. Pavilion is the closest thing Cincy has to a real club atmosphere, and it's SO incredibly terrible. Lachey's main clientele appears to be groups of suburban married couples out for a night downtown. Igby's has a cool interior, but could be so much better. It's the ground zero of douchebags in SW OH and NKY every Friday and Saturday night. Keystone is decent I suppose, but again, nothing special. 4EG is to bars/nightlife what Cheesecake Factory is to restaurants. I was about to say "BUT BUT ALL THE GOOD RESTAURANTS!" then I realized I was mistaking 4EG for Thunderdome Restaurant Group. Oops. Low Spark is good, though.

Isn't like the whole grocery store the ingredients section?

Huh. I would argue that large new apartment projects inside 275 are quite rare outside the city limits.

Poor kid. Mom lost her job at NCR, and Dad has a heroin problem and built a model train in the basement but didn't want to spend more than $10 on it so it only goes in a circle.

I think of it as Cincinnati metro including the Middletown exits. I guess it's debatable because it gets so fuzzy. Which is why we are probably really close to one metro now.