Regarding this thread, I would like there to be clarification on what is appropriate for boundaries on thread posts. IMO, Wheeling is a centralized hub for east-central Ohio, the largest city that is a nucleus for activity for all of the region. We discuss on northern Kentucky projects, and others clock in on other discussions from other border cities. It's not as if Wheeling, or Maysville, or other border cities have no impact on Ohio -- they do greatly. Perhaps the boundaries could be extended or a discussion could ensue on what border cities would be appropriate for discussions?

 

Wanting some input!

Well, regarding boundaries, I think you can put the border cities (Huntington, Maysville, etc) into the region it impacts.  Obviously, it'd have to have some sort of Ohio-based logic for it to be posted in a P&C board, or otherwise, just post it in the Architecture or UrbanBar forumers.  Meaning, Huntington and Wheeling impact Southeast/Appalachia Ohio, so I'd put those projects there.  Maysville obviously in Southwest Ohio, as it sits near Ripley.

First of all, Rail to Trails belongs in Transportation, not P&C.

 

Secondly, I hope you are not comparing Wheeling to Northern Kentucky, which is part of Cincinnati's MSA and contains 300,000+ people.  We have forumers in Northern Kentucky.  How many do we have in Wheeling?

 

Thirdly, this project really doesn't have much influence on neighboring Belmont County or Ohio as a whole.  It's interesting for what it is, but it's not going to generate much discussion on an Ohio board.

 

I will move the thread over to Transportation. 

 

BTW, there are no hard and fast rules on what non-Ohio city is acceptable for posting.  It's kind of on a case-by-case basis.

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I'll agree on that. With downtown Wheeling renovations (the thread was not locked so I am seeing your point on that), it has impacts across the Ohio River because of jobs, economic vitality, etc. as a whole. I can narrow it down to impacts. For instance, I am assuming a thread about Parker Tobacco Company in Maysville, Kentucky would be relevant because hundreds were employed throughout the region, not just in Maysville, and its closure left a large gaping hole in the economic vitality of the region. Many are interconnected and using that as an example, would that be relevant?

 

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Thanks for the reply. I'm hoping that there would be more Wheeling-ers but I have only seen one from Steubenville post so far. It's the same at UrbanPlanet, there are only a handful in the West Virginia board that actually live or know a lot about the region, but a lot of readers. I haven't seen the longer impacts here at UrbanOhio, but at the least, having the information available would be beneficial. I can see your point about the rail trails not having an impact on Belmont County, which is different than the downtown developments I posted earlier.

 

This wasn't posted towards you Grasscat, FTR. It was something I thought needed clearing up since I often see posts about border towns crop up.

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I'll agree on that. With downtown Wheeling renovations (the thread was not locked so I am seeing your point on that), it has impacts across the Ohio River because of jobs, economic vitality, etc. as a whole. I can narrow it down to impacts. For instance, I am assuming a thread about Parker Tobacco Company in Maysville, Kentucky would be relevant because hundreds were employed throughout the region, not just in Maysville, and its closure left a large gaping hole in the economic vitality of the region. Many are interconnected and using that as an example, would that be relevant?

 

It's only a matter of degree.  For example, a large Kentucky employer that lays off hundreds of workers, many of whom are Ohioans, would definitely be worthy of posting.

 

This wasn't posted towards you Grasscat, FTR. It was something I thought needed clearing up since I often see posts about border towns crop up.

 

I didn't take it personally.  I was the one who locked the thread, though, which is why I answered.

 

 

I guess this is probably an issue that some of the other forumers might want to weigh in on.  I know that I haven't been posting anything from the Toledo papers regarding southeast Michigan, nor have I posted anything from the Youngstown or Warren papers regarding PA.  I don't post stuff about Parkersburg, even though I check that paper and Marietta's paper (practically the same paper) daily.  I don't post Ashland, KY stuff.  Really the only out-of-state stuff I post is from the Cincinnati metro.

 

I think that since your particular case is near a part of Ohio where there aren't many people and I don't think any forumers....makes yours more difficult.  I personally don't mind and actually love it when other cities have information posted about them.

 

Honestly it would be great if there were an area where stuff could be discussed soley about neighboring states/cities.  We do not live in a bubble and we should be looking at what is going on not just immediately across the border, but what the entire state is up to.  When Indiana makes new policies at a statewide level it certainly affects Ohio's chances at landing new companies down the road.  These things should be discussed, and ideally at a more detailed level than what the one thread does that currently exists.

 

What does everyone else think??

^ You run the risk of letting the board get out of control with topics.

 

We already do have some topics about what other states are doing with rail/transit (Transporation), and there's another one in business.

 

My feeling is that "other states" threads should be limited in number and broad in scope.  Detailed discussion about other states is probably better left to other boards.

 

Agreed.

^ You run the risk of letting the board get out of control with topics.

 

We already do have some topics about what other states are doing with rail/transit (Transporation), and there's another one in business.

 

My feeling is that "other states" threads should be limited in number and broad in scope.  Detailed discussion about other states is probably better left to other boards.

 

I change my position...you are correct.  The thing that I like about this site is that it is specific to Ohio.  Some of the others (SSC, SSP, etc) are too much for me to handle.  I have a hard enough time trying to keep up on everything in Ohio...much less the Midwest, US, World....ahh.

I suppose that is true. I'll agree with that.