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Lots of new stuff, but the blue bldgs across from the tennis courts (bottom left) are gone. What were those? Not a big deal and allows for bigger development but the land is now a parking lot.

^Yes, but I don't think this is real CLE-LHR speculation---its just projection from 2 extra flights to JFK! A Cleveland - LHR service makes sense though, as London is the #1 TATL destination for CLE. The Joe Roman comment will probably be Condor to Frankfurt or something like that.

What does "it" refer to? Direct CLE-LHR service? If so, are you saying this would happen after pax get used to CLE-JFK-LHR on AA/BA? If that's the case, it would be hurting AA's own JFK-LHR if passengers already demonstrate they're willing to take that route. Or are you saying, it will stimulate enough demand to warrant a direct BA/AA route CLE-LHR? Not sure of the arrangement between AA and BA, but if BA wanted to serve CLE-LHR, does AA have to agree? And would it be on AA or BA metal? And if AA has to agree, would they do it if it means diminished demand on ORD- and JFK- LHR routes? Or would they see it as capturing CLE-LHR that is otherwise going to DL and UA (and soon, FI and WW)?

AA is increasing their service on CLE-NYC. In June, AA increases CLE-LGA to 4x--June only (so far), but CLE-JFK increases from 1 to 3 in June and July and from 1 to 2 for Aug to Nov. That's a big upgrade for AA for CLE-JFK. Maybe to provide competition to the Icelandics. Also makes it more difficult for B6 to enter the route if they any plans to do so.

^this has been rumored to happen for a while now---Great to hear that its finally official. Service will be daily with an A319.

If we're talking about INCOME tax, one should be taxed where he/she works, but for the suburbs to get money, they charge you as well. After all, suburbs provide residents with services like police, garbage collection and street snow removal---should that really be free?

This is not always the case. It depends on what agreement a particular city has with another. For example, if you work in Cleveland--you pay 2.5%. and if you live in Lakewood--i think its 2%. Since you paid a bunch to CLE already, Lakewood gives you a 0.5% credit---so you pay Lakewood 1.5% instead of 2%---but you certainly don't pay 0% because CLE's rate is higher than Lakewood's. Ultimately we're talking about 0-2% of your income, which you said was less than 80k. So not a lot of money---so you must consider other financial factors like gas money, wear and tear on your car, (no real mass transit in Geuaga County), time of commute, as well as non-financial things like quality of life---for example, type of neighbors (Geauga is pretty Republican), stigma of living in the boondocks, etc.

Wow--good to hear the investments being made in Toledo.

^People probably drink more nowaways than they would if they knew they had to drive home. So there's probably a lot more booze guzzling than before Uber/Lyft existed. I wonder how many people each weekend pass out in a car AND have programmed the wrong destination being another city some $500-$1500 away.

^this is the second story like this i read in two days. A guy passed out in a Lyft that instead of going 5 or so blocks (his other buddies walked), went from Brooklyn where he was partying with friends, to Philadelphia. Given that most of these occurrences likely don't end up in the paper I wonder how frequently it must happen.

Unless some of the MSAs are improperly defined. Unless they are wrong, as in the Cleveland case.

Plans for a 70-story WOOD skyscraper in Tokyo. Would be world's tallest wood building. "....experts say that building with wood can be more sustainable than building with steel and concrete. Wood stores carbon that otherwise might wind up in the atmosphere as the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, whereas the production of concrete and steel releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.... And while building a tower the size of W350 requires the toppling of more than a few trees, “the amount of wood used in this building can be regrown in our global forests within a matter of hours,” Casey Malmquist, founder of SmartLam, a CLT manufacturer in Columbia Falls, Montana, told NBC News MACH in an email. https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/world-s-tallest-building-made-wood-planned-tokyo-ncna851606

Cleveland's regional agency, NOACA, doesn't even mention population changes at all in its 300-page long range plan! http://www.noaca.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=19842

Ah...thanks. I haven't been over there in a while--and just remember reading CC on the bldg.

St. Michaels? Isn't that CLE Central Catholic?

from the article cited above: "The county hired Massachusetts-based CHMWarnick to manage the assets of the hotel. The hotel's operating fund paid for the three-year, $675,000 contract with the company. The company oversees property management and financial performance.......... According to information from Hilton in 2014, the initial fee for a new Hilton hotel was $75,000, plus $400 for each additional guest room or suite over 250. Monthly payments include a royalty fee of 5 percent and program fee of 4 percent, both from monthly gross rooms revenue, the Hilton information said. A monthly fee is 3 percent of food and beverage revenue." How does this work? The County owns the hotel, hires a management company (for only $200k a year?) which sets the prices and other details and Hilton just operates it? Or does it Hilton run it as a business and takes a cut? what does the 'management company' do? Just trying to figure out who does what, including the owner.

from the article cited above: "The county hired Massachusetts-based CHMWarnick to manage the assets of the hotel. The hotel's operating fund paid for the three-year, $675,000 contract with the company. The company oversees property management and financial performance.......... According to information from Hilton in 2014, the initial fee for a new Hilton hotel was $75,000, plus $400 for each additional guest room or suite over 250. Monthly payments include a royalty fee of 5 percent and program fee of 4 percent, both from monthly gross rooms revenue, the Hilton information said. A monthly fee is 3 percent of food and beverage revenue." How does this work? The County owns the hotel, hires a management company (for only $200k a year?) which sets the prices and other details and Hilton just operates it? Or does it Hilton run it as a business and takes a cut? what does the 'management company' do? Just trying to figure out who does what, including the owner.

For a name, i'd prefer no name. Just 13xx Euclid Ave. or xxxx E 14 St. If it were a 100-story tower, fine, name it. But this is just a regular building. Its like giving medals to children just for playing in a game regardless of winning. We gotta stop making a big deal of every little thing.

I like the concept of this t-shirt--but they shouldn't show water---look at the strange inclusions of Lakewood and Bratenahl..... https://teespring.com/shop/States2-EU-Tns-1427?aid=marketplace&tsmac=marketplace&tsmic=search#pid=563&cid=102239&sid=front

Cleveland Pickle closed? I used to like that place--my only complaint was sometimes they put too much sauce of some type on it so that it oozed with liquid. (I always had to tell them -- light on the sauce!). Why'd they close? They seemed to have a pretty good following. Is the Lakewood outpost still open? That one always seemed empty.

^That's a pretty big exception to take! When people visit a city, it is the downtown they see; also its the downtown that for most cities is the true business and government core.

The observation was less about density than it was about "character". (though density plays into urban fabric and character). And being a very suburban-like city, Columbus lacks the historical and urban character that both Cleveland and Cincinnati have.

"It should be noted that the Cincinnati metro can't grow westward to any great degree because of the lack of sewers in the western third of Hamilton County." Can sewers not be built there? Is it a water table issue?

In 2010 Columbus' urban area was 16% more dense than Cleveland's and 30% more dense than Cincinnati's. Of course Columbus had the smallest urban area of the three, but almost the entirety of its growth has been either in the urban area or in areas that will extend it in 2020's counts. All three Cs will have very similar urban area populations then, too. Brutus was speaking about how the cities feel in terms of 'big city' vibe and general environment. I haven't lived in all three of the C's but I have been to all and I certainly agree with his assessment. Cleveland certainly has a big city feel--the massive infrastructure, wide avenues, far reach--east to west, etc. Cincinnati has very nice urban neighborhoods, many of which are more compact than [most of] Cleveland's. The hills and topography in Cincinnati certainly give it charm and uniqueness. But Columbus lacks a sense of 'place'. It has an unremarkable downtown, and then just suburban sprawl for miles and miles.