1 hour ago, DEPACincy said:

 

This extends to state parks too. Hocking Hills is PACKED these days. 

 

I haven't been there in ten years but I have recently been to the various "reservoir" parks near Cincinnati -- East Fork, Caesars Creek, and Hueston Woods -- and basically had the place to myself for mountain biking and hiking.  That said, you definitely don't get the sense that you went somewhere special when you visit the Midwest's endless number of reservoir state parks, because they're all pretty much the same thing!  

 

^Hueston Woods is not a reservoir park. Lake Acton was built for recreation after the park land was donated to the state to preserve primitive forest land.

 

42 minutes ago, ink said:

^Hueston Woods is not a reservoir park. Lake Acton was built for recreation after the park land was donated to the state to preserve primitive forest land.

 

 

It is a lot smaller than the big reservoir lakes like Brookville and East Fork, so it probably doesn't serve much of a function in retaining flood waters.  

 

Another thing Millennials are killing: high wine prices!

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/16/business/grape-surplus-cheap-wine-trnd/index.html (Warning: autoplaying video)

 

The price of wine is dropping fast

 

...

 

McMillan believes that the larger millennial population has not yet embraced wine, which is the wine industry's largest growth opportunity. But he thinks that improved value on wine could lead to millennials becoming "more consistent wine buyers."

On 2/20/2020 at 10:14 AM, Gramarye said:

Another thing Millennials are killing: high wine prices!

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/16/business/grape-surplus-cheap-wine-trnd/index.html (Warning: autoplaying video)

 

The price of wine is dropping fast

 

...

 

McMillan believes that the larger millennial population has not yet embraced wine, which is the wine industry's largest growth opportunity. But he thinks that improved value on wine could lead to millennials becoming "more consistent wine buyers."

 

lol what a world. Wine drinking millenial here. Maybe it's because I grew up in wine country in WNY, but I can get some amazing wine for 10-20 a bottle when I travel home. Sure it might not have the 'pedigree' of a California zip, but whatever. I bring stuff from Johnson Estates (check it out next time you're going E on 90) to tons of places and it always gets solid reviews! 

 

But let the prices drop, maybe I'll hook into something different when my cases go dry lol.

Wine quality reaches a level of diminishing returns at about $20.  Anything much higher than $20 is just marketing for the most part. 

5 years ago weren't the stories "Millenials are drinking so much wine..." ?

2 minutes ago, freefourur said:

Wine quality reaches a level of diminishing returns at about $20.  Anything much higher than $20 is just marketing for the most part. 

IMO the sweet spot is in the $15-25 range... below that, the wine rarely tastes like the style it's supposed to be. Lotta generic mega purple juice or tasteless white wines.

 

The best wines I've had were more than that, but it really does get into diminishing returns.

 

Millennials actually do like wine, but are drinking less overall. And they don't have a ton of spending money.

Again, when talk turns to Millenials these articles ignore the 50 percent of them that self-identify as the "nerd" demographic. These stories only recognize "Active Millenials." Nerd alcohol consumption is much lower overall.

Edited February 26, 20205 yr by GCrites80s

24 minutes ago, Cavalier Attitude said:

IMO the sweet spot is in the $15-25 range... below that, the wine rarely tastes like the style it's supposed to be. Lotta generic mega purple juice or tasteless white wines.

 

The best wines I've had were more than that, but it really does get into diminishing returns.

 

Millennials actually do like wine, but are drinking less overall. And they don't have a ton of spending money.

I agree with this. Once you figure out what styles you like you should be able to find nice wines in that price range.  

27 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

Again, when talk turns to Millenials these articles ignore the 50 percent of them that self-identify as the "nerd" demographic. These stories only recognize "Active Millenials." Nerd alcohol consumption is much lower overall.

 

50 percent of Millennials self-identify as nerds? That's news to this millennial. I'm also not sure what an "active millennial" is either. 

City dwellers, which are mostly "Active Millenials" don't get as much exposure the nerd demo since the nerds mostly avoid cities for suburbs and smaller towns. Frankly, they're not very visible in general until you visit a con, gaming event or store that caters to them. I'm 8 months from being a Millennial myself and work in the nerd industry so I have first-hand knowledge of this. 

24 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

City dwellers, which are mostly "Active Millenials" don't get as much exposure the nerd demo since the nerds mostly avoid cities for suburbs and smaller towns. Frankly, they're not very visible in general until you visit a con, gaming event or store that caters to them. I'm 8 months from being a Millennial myself and work in the nerd industry so I have first-hand knowledge of this. 

Not trying to come off as a d*ck here, but do you just make things up and then just treat them as fact?  I remember in a thread about bed bugs, you made some claim and when somebody asked if there was a source, you responded by saying "it's just one of those things."

27 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

City dwellers, which are mostly "Active Millenials" don't get as much exposure the nerd demo since the nerds mostly avoid cities for suburbs and smaller towns. Frankly, they're not very visible in general until you visit a con, gaming event or store that caters to them. I'm 8 months from being a Millennial myself and work in the nerd industry so I have first-hand knowledge of this. 

 

At Comic-Con one of the issues is trying to get attendees out of their hotel rooms. Apparently a significant number don't visit bars or restaurants, they order-in. 

Nerds come in all varieties. (grape, strawberry, watermelon...)

12 minutes ago, surfohio said:

 

At Comic-Con one of the issues is trying to get attendees out of their hotel rooms. Apparently a significant number don't visit bars or restaurants, they order-in. 

 

The sheer volume of food that people have delivered to hotel rooms is beyond belief.  I didn't know that you could even get food delivered to a hotel until I became a deliveryman.  

 

 

51 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

City dwellers, which are mostly "Active Millenials" don't get as much exposure the nerd demo since the nerds mostly avoid cities for suburbs and smaller towns. Frankly, they're not very visible in general until you visit a con, gaming event or store that caters to them. I'm 8 months from being a Millennial myself and work in the nerd industry so I have first-hand knowledge of this. 

 

LOL do you really think that this group makes up HALF of all millennials? Do you think that maybe since you work in an industry with a lot of so-called "nerds" that they occupy more space in your personal world than they do in the greater world? 

25 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

Not trying to come off as a d*ck here, but do you just make things up and then just treat them as fact?  I remember in a thread about bed bugs, you made some claim and when somebody asked if there was a source, you responded by saying "it's just one of those things."

Remember,  never trust people, only Google.

4 minutes ago, DEPACincy said:

 

LOL do you really think that this group makes up HALF of all millennials? Do you think that maybe since you work in an industry with a lot of so-called "nerds" that they occupy more space in your personal world than they do in the greater world? 

 

It ain't all taprooms, square plates and mountain climbing for sure.

36 minutes ago, surfohio said:

 

At Comic-Con one of the issues is trying to get attendees out of their hotel rooms. Apparently a significant number don't visit bars or restaurants, they order-in. 

 

That's why shows that are aimed at specific industries or professional organizations are much better "gets" than nerdy ones. The local economy sees much more of a boost from people being 1-2 a room and leaving the show to spend money in the community than 5 to a room hanging out in it streaming anime, playing cards or whatever and eating Doritos and Mountain Dew they brought from home. 

^Also, I "went down the wormhole" (to use Millennium-speak) on some twitter thread where some girl asked everyone to post their best "drunk pic".  The photos were amazingly weak.  I live near UC and see almost zero partying.  

 

Look at an old motorcycle magazine from the 70s or 80s.  Those people partied so hard.  

1 hour ago, DEPACincy said:

 

50 percent of Millennials self-identify as nerds? That's news to this millennial. I'm also not sure what an "active millennial" is either. 

 

As opposed to a lapsed Millennial?  Maybe you used to be a Millennial but you stopped going after a while, but never technically let your membership expire?  Maybe you'll go back someday if other Millennials start being "active millennials" again, too?

 

1 hour ago, Cavalier Attitude said:

IMO the sweet spot is in the $15-25 range... below that, the wine rarely tastes like the style it's supposed to be. Lotta generic mega purple juice or tasteless white wines.

 

The best wines I've had were more than that, but it really does get into diminishing returns.

 

Millennials actually do like wine, but are drinking less overall. And they don't have a ton of spending money.

 

Agreed about that $15-25 range, and it seems most grocery stores have even figured that out.  Wines above $25 on the shelves are rare, but there also aren't that many below the $15 range (and certainly not below $10).

 

That said, I think most Ohio wine consumers aren't all that concerned with stylistic purity.  Go to Vintage Ohio and you'll find no end of sweet fruity wines with minimal complexity but that are dangerously easy to drink if you don't particularly care about complexity.  Wife and I just finished another Ferrantes White Catawba yesterday, which is sweet as it is, but that's nothing compared to the lineups of places like Maize Valley (https://www.maizevalley.com/wine/) or Breitenbach.

4 minutes ago, Gramarye said:

That said, I think most Ohio wine consumers aren't all that concerned with stylistic purity.  Go to Vintage Ohio and you'll find no end of sweet fruity wines with minimal complexity but that are dangerously easy to drink if you don't particularly care about complexity.

Oh, I agree ?. Personally the sweetest I'll go is a semi-dry Riesling or occasionally a Gewurtztraminer. For the most part I only drink wines from France, Germany, Italy, and South America. Used to drink Spanish/Portuguese stuff but got tired of most of them.

39 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

Remember,  never trust people, only Google.

Lol ok.  Also, I looked up that previous post that I remembered and you said:

 

"Cincinnati did have more of a bedbug problem a while back because people in Cincinnati make their beds every day. Seemingly a noble pursuit, making your bed increases your risk of getting bedbugs since they like moving around between the tight sheets."

 

About as credible as your new claims about millenials.

Edited February 26, 20205 yr by TH3BUDDHA

8 minutes ago, jmecklenborg said:

^Also, I "went down the wormhole" (to use Millennium-speak) on some twitter thread where some girl asked everyone to post their best "drunk pic".  The photos were amazingly weak.  I live near UC and see almost zero partying.  

 

Look at an old motorcycle magazine from the 70s or 80s.  Those people partied so hard.  

 

I remember an edict came down for both Dirt Bike and Motocross Action around 1990 to cut that stuff out completely. They went from hosting wet T-shirt contests to censoring drawings of girls in bikini tops in the ads, refusing tobacco ads and disallowing any references to even one beer with dinner.

1 minute ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

Lol ok.  Also, I looked up that previous post that I remembered and you said:

 

"Cincinnati did have more of a bedbug problem a while back because people in Cincinnati make their beds every day. Seemingly a noble pursuit, making your bed increases your risk of getting bedbugs since they like moving around between the tight sheets."

 

Right up there with your new claims about millenials

 

Show me how being "stereotyped" about being more likely to make your bed everyday is harmful.

14 minutes ago, jmecklenborg said:

^Also, I "went down the wormhole" (to use Millennium-speak) on some twitter thread where some girl asked everyone to post their best "drunk pic".  The photos were amazingly weak.  I live near UC and see almost zero partying.  

 

Look at an old motorcycle magazine from the 70s or 80s.  Those people partied so hard.  

 

Somewhat related, though the age group is younger than college students.

 

9 minutes ago, Cavalier Attitude said:

Oh, I agree ?. Personally the sweetest I'll go is a semi-dry Riesling or occasionally a Gewurtztraminer. For the most part I only drink wines from France, Germany, Italy, and South America. Used to drink Spanish/Portuguese stuff but got tired of most of them.

 

Rieslings and Gewurtztraminers are my go-tos!  (Same plus Moscatos for the wife.)

2 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

Show me how being "stereotyped" about being more likely to make your bed everyday is harmful.

I never said the stereotype was harmful.  I just questioned that the stereotype exists at all.  I was using that example of making a baseless claim to comment on your new claim about millenials:

 

1 hour ago, GCrites80s said:

City dwellers, which are mostly "Active Millenials" don't get as much exposure the nerd demo since the nerds mostly avoid cities for suburbs and smaller towns. Frankly, they're not very visible in general until you visit a con, gaming event or store that caters to them. I'm 8 months from being a Millennial myself and work in the nerd industry so I have first-hand knowledge of this.

I just don't think that's really a thing.  Just like I don't think Cincinattians making their beds a lot is really a thing.

57 minutes ago, DEPACincy said:

 

LOL do you really think that this group makes up HALF of all millennials? Do you think that maybe since you work in an industry with a lot of so-called "nerds" that they occupy more space in your personal world than they do in the greater world? 

 

1 hour ago, surfohio said:

 

At Comic-Con one of the issues is trying to get attendees out of their hotel rooms. Apparently a significant number don't visit bars or restaurants, they order-in. 

 

16 minutes ago, DarkandStormy said:

 

Somewhat related, though the age group is younger than college students.

 

Well, based on the above, I can see why none of them are getting laid anymore.

27 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

I never said the stereotype was harmful.  I just questioned that the stereotype exists at all.  I was using that example of making a baseless claim to comment on your new claim about millenials:

 

I just don't think that's really a thing.  Just like I don't think Cincinattians making their beds a lot is really a thing.

 

<Robot voice> I am now speaking to you as Google rather than a human being, since you distrust your fellow humans. Here are some insights I, as Google, not gcrites80s was able to gather from the web: </robot voice>

 

"Ypulse: How would you describe the Millennial consumer? What attributes are most important to them?

Laurel Hodge: At Imgur, we wanted to understand the engaged, passionate, predominantly-Millennial Imgur community, and we learned a massive population of Millennials actually self-identify themselves as “geeks.” We thought that was really interesting and starkly different from other generational cohorts, who tend to shy away from the label or think of it negatively.

Millennials on Imgur have some unique attributes. They tend to be incredibly passionate about their interests and hobbies and they are willing to travel great distances and spend on the things that they are passionate about. In other words, they’re the modern-day brand mavens of the products, entertainment and activities that they love. This group of self-describing geek Millennials are also trendsetters, and the world is getting geekier as a result of their passion for once niche, now mainstream “geek” entertainment. (Just think about it…video games, dragons, and sci-fi are now mainstream box office mainstays—not niche geek topics anymore!) In our study with Ypulse, we found that 82% of Millennials who self-identify as “geek” say their interests grow in popularity after they get into them (65% non-geek), and 89% learn about things before the rest of their friends (non-geeks 78%).

Jillian Kramer: Looking at this large swath of Millennials who either exhibit “geek” behaviors or self-identify as geeks, it has been made clearer to us that we can’t define the generation in one fell swoop. Young consumers can geek out on their passions one day and engage as a different persona online the next. There is a growing fluidity to identity–what we call the “genreless generation”–that we see Millennials championing, and it’s influencing everything from their music choices to political views to sexual orientation.

With that in mind, we see them gravitating towards various online communities where they can discover information, create connections, and dive deeper into their interests. Pursuing passions is a hallmark of Millennials (they were encouraged to do so from adolescence), and we see it manifesting in the geek influence to push what used to be considered niche into the mainstream.

 

YP: What do you see as the most unique differences between Millennials and consumers from previous generations?

Laurel Hodge: Millennials are proud of who they are. This group is unashamed about what they believe in and they are authentic to their beliefs. Merged with the dominance and ubiquity of social platforms, and you have a generation that speaks candidly and has the power to disrupt, influence, and engage other audiences with their opinions and beliefs.

Jillian Kramer: It’s telling that the majority of Millennials don’t just think being a geek is not a bad thing, they think being a geek is a something to be proud of. This generation is embracing their differences much more than previous generations, considering unique to the be the new cool. As Millennials grow as the most diverse generation to date, we can only expect a more fervent message of empowerment and openness to take hold."

 

https://www.ypulse.com/article/2017/02/22/the-rise-of-the-millennial-geek-insights-from-millennial-20-20-speakers/

 

 

I'd like to see the stats on how homework has increased over time (plus time spent on extra-curriculars). College admissions are no joke. I do interviews for my alma mater and these kids are over-achievers to the point that I have no idea how they have time to do it all. And they have to be, because the admission rate is half of what it was 10-15 years ago.

8 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

<Robot voice> I am now speaking to you as Google rather than a human being, since you distrust your fellow humans. Here are some insights I, as Google, not gcrites80s was able to gather from the web: </robot voice>

Ok, now I trust you.

7 minutes ago, Cavalier Attitude said:

I'd like to see the stats on how homework has increased over time (plus time spent on extra-curriculars). College admissions are no joke. I do interviews for my alma mater and these kids are over-achievers to the point that I have no idea how they have time to do it all. And they have to be, because the admission rate is half of what it was 10-15 years ago.

I imagine this is at a desirable, popular school such as UC, OSU or Case that gets to be really picky now. A lot of rural Ohio schools have actually dropped their ACT/SAT requirements completely. People are scared they won't get jobs if they don't go to school in the city. https://blog.prepscholar.com/test-optional-colleges-listhttps://blog.prepscholar.com/test-optional-colleges-list

 

Scroll down to Ohio. I know that several of these schools used to have minimum ACT/SAT scores 15-20 years ago and now they don't.

5 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

I imagine this is at a desirable, popular school such as UC, OSU or Case that gets to be really picky now. A lot of rural Ohio schools have actually dropped their ACT/SAT requirements completely. People are scared they won't get jobs if they don't go to school in the city. https://blog.prepscholar.com/test-optional-colleges-listhttps://blog.prepscholar.com/test-optional-colleges-list

 

Scroll down to Ohio. I know that several of these schools used to have minimum ACT/SAT scores 15-20 years ago and now they don't.

 

yes, but the first list in the article is of some of the country's best lib arts colleges--Wesleyan (acceptance rate 16%), Smith, etc. So it's not just non-selective mediocre schools that are test optional. 

1 hour ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

Lol ok.  Also, I looked up that previous post that I remembered and you said:

 

"Cincinnati did have more of a bedbug problem a while back because people in Cincinnati make their beds every day. Seemingly a noble pursuit, making your bed increases your risk of getting bedbugs since they like moving around between the tight sheets."

 

About as credible as your new claims about millenials.

 

Wait, was that a joke? It actually would be pretty believable if it were: "Making your bed everyday increases the chance you will actually see bedbugs thus the bedbug rate is counted higher."  See, something in college I did taught me something, unless of course bedbugs like moving in between tight sheets which is also entirely plausible

10 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

I imagine this is at a desirable, popular school such as UC, OSU or Case that gets to be really picky now. A lot of rural Ohio schools have actually dropped their ACT/SAT requirements completely. People are scared they won't get jobs if they don't go to school in the city. https://blog.prepscholar.com/test-optional-colleges-list

 

Scroll down to Ohio. I know that several of these schools used to have minimum ACT/SAT scores 15-20 years ago and now they don't.

 

Interesting.  A large number of the schools on that list are the OSU and OU regional campuses, since each regional campus was listed individually (so six members of the list are OSU regional campuses, four more are OU regional campuses).  Does that mean that they've changed their policies on transferring from regional to main campus?  It used to be that people could go to a regional campus for 2 years and then main for 2 years and graduate from main.

 

25 minutes ago, Cavalier Attitude said:

I'd like to see the stats on how homework has increased over time (plus time spent on extra-curriculars). College admissions are no joke. I do interviews for my alma mater and these kids are over-achievers to the point that I have no idea how they have time to do it all. And they have to be, because the admission rate is half of what it was 10-15 years ago.

 

It wouldn't surprise me at all to see time spent on homework having gone down even as time spent on extracurriculars (for those on college prep paths, anyway) has gone up.  I think there's a larger body of research now on the diminishing returns of homework (obviously I wouldn't expect to see it go to zero, but my dad had this whole when-I-was-your-age spiel about how homework should demand much more time than was spent in class).  Meanwhile, especially when I was actually in undergrad (maybe less so in high school), I'd say that the classroom is where I got credits and extracurriculars are where I actually learned things.

7 minutes ago, IAGuy39 said:

 

Wait, was that a joke? It actually would be pretty believable if it were: "Making your bed everyday increases the chance you will actually see bedbugs thus the bedbug rate is counted higher."  See, something in college I did taught me something, unless of course bedbugs like moving in between tight sheets which is also entirely plausible

 

The information was from a link I can't recall now, but basically the gist of it was "The things that people normally associate with bedbugs, like people 'living dirty' aren't the causes of them at all but rather things like putting backpacks and luggage on your bed and making it every day gives them an opportunity to breed and move around" It's also why hotels have bedbug problems.

Edited February 26, 20205 yr by GCrites80s

5 minutes ago, Gramarye said:

 

Interesting.  A large number of the schools on that list are the OSU and OU regional campuses, since each regional campus was listed individually (so six members of the list are OSU regional campuses, four more are OU regional campuses).  Does that mean that they've changed their policies on transferring from regional to main campus?  It used to be that people could go to a regional campus for 2 years and then main for 2 years and graduate from main.

 

 

 

You would have to take the test before the transfer rather than taking in high school which should be an advantage.

14 minutes ago, eastvillagedon said:

 

yes, but the first list in the article is of some of the country's best lib arts colleges--Wesleyan (acceptance rate 16%), Smith, etc. So it's not just non-selective mediocre schools that are test optional. 

 

At the high-end schools it's probably due to a change in philosophical approach rather than a lack of applicants.

6 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

 

At the high-end schools it's probably due to a change in philosophical approach rather than a lack of applicants.

 

maybe that's right, although I did see Denison on the list. That's fairly selective, isn't it? Although I always thought of it as a playground for rich preppies who couldn't get into the Ivy League lol. (I just probably offended someone here who went there)

Edited February 26, 20205 yr by eastvillagedon

^Well, it sure is expensive.

1 hour ago, GCrites80s said:

 

The information was from a link I can't recall now, but basically the gist of it was "The things that people normally associate with bedbugs, like people 'living dirty' aren't the causes of them at all but rather things like putting backpacks and luggage on your bed and making it every day gives them an opportunity to breed and move around" It's also why hotels have bedbug problems.

Lol dude, the odd part about that comment wasn't about bed bug behavior, but about how you just nonchalantly claimed that Cincinattians make their beds more than other cities as if this is some well known established fact about Cincinattians.

 

When somebody asked, "Wait, is there data out there that says that Cincinnatians are more likely to make their beds than people in other cities?", you responded with, "That's just one of those things, like how a lot more doors have closers on them in the Cincy metro than other cities, that you might not be able to find numbers on."

 

Like, what? lol

 

Now, you're doing the same thing with claims like this:

 

"Again, when talk turns to Millenials these articles ignore the 50 percent of them that self-identify as the "nerd" demographic. These stories only recognize "Active Millenials." Nerd alcohol consumption is much lower overall."

 

And this:

 

"City dwellers, which are mostly "Active Millenials" don't get as much exposure the nerd demo since the nerds mostly avoid cities for suburbs and smaller towns. Frankly, they're not very visible in general until you visit a con, gaming event or store that caters to them. I'm 8 months from being a Millennial myself and work in the nerd industry so I have first-hand knowledge of this."

 

Is there any data that says that "nerd alcohol consumption is much lower overall" and"nerds mostly avoid cities" or is this also just "one of those things"?

Why does suburban Columbus have 18 independent video game stores while interior Columbus only 4? Why does NYC only have 4 of them to Lancaster's 3?

Edited February 27, 20205 yr by GCrites80s

7 hours ago, DarkandStormy said:

 

Somewhat related, though the age group is younger than college students.

 

 

 

I like how the marijuana line shoots way up in the mid '90s. When I was in elementary pot was only for burnouts/metalheads then all of a sudden Snoop Dogg comes along in '93 and pot took off like a rocket among the high schoolers.

1 hour ago, GCrites80s said:

Why does suburban Columbus have 18 independent video game stores while interior Columbus only 4? Why does NYC only have 4 of them to Lancaster's 3?

I can’t say definitively, but it’s probably for the exact same reason that ALL retail avoids downtown still, we don’t have the population downtown to support it.  Most people still do their shopping in the suburbs.  Trader Joe’s is in suburban Columbus and not downtown, but I don’t think that means that “people who like Trader Joe’s avoid downtown and only live in the suburbs.”

That may partially explain the Columbus example, but it does nothing for the NYC example considering NYC is a shopping mecca. And there are some cities that are popular with nerds such as Seattle and San Francisco (also Austin to some degree) -- of course the employers in those cities are very tech-centric.

Oh and that business where you asserted that I didn't know what I was talking about regard doors closing themselves in Cincinnati is code. Doors that lead to external hallways or to attached garages are fire doors and must be equipped with closers. 

 

http://nchharchive.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=svjOav1S3aQ%3D&tabid=598 Crtl-F for "fire doors".

Edited February 27, 20205 yr by GCrites80s

1 hour ago, GCrites80s said:

That may partially explain the Columbus example, but it does nothing for the NYC example considering NYC is a shopping mecca. And there are some cities that are popular with nerds such as Seattle and San Francisco (also Austin to some degree) -- of course the employers in those cities are very tech-centric.

 

https://nypost.com/2019/09/25/vacant-retail-space-has-doubled-in-nyc-over-ten-years/

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/new-york-city-shows-future-american-retail/577114/

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/new-york-retail-vacancy/572911/

 

It took me about .5 seconds to find articles about Manhattan’s failing retail with countless more.  Look, I’m not even trying to prove you wrong.  I was just saying it’s weird how you just seemingly make up stats and then just say them as truth.  Nothing more.  If you’re gonna try telling me that “all Cincinattians make their beds more” or “all nerds drink less alcohol and avoid cities,” I’m sorry, but I’m gonna question it.

 

 

 

34 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

Oh and that business where you asserted that I didn't know what I was talking about regard doors closing themselves in Cincinnati is code. Doors that lead to external hallways or to attached garages are fire doors and must be equipped with closers. 

 

http://nchharchive.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=svjOav1S3aQ%3D&tabid=598 Crtl-F for "fire doors".

Dude, once again I’ll repeat myself.  The weird part about your comment was claiming that all Cincinattians make their beds more.  The other stuff is plausible and I never questioned anything other than the making their bed thing.