May 27, 200817 yr Cincinnati- 19 years Washington, DC- 3 & 1/2 years Cincinnati- 2 1/2 years Columbus, GA- 5 years (26 months of which were spent abroad)
May 27, 200817 yr >I'm obviously not counting Europe. That just wouldn't be fair. Actually it would be interesting to see a statistic describing how many Europeans live in buildings over 100 years old, 200 years old, 300 years old, etc. My guess is that well under 10% live in buildings over 200 years old and less than 1% live in anything over 300 years old. The preindustrial parts of Europe's cities and towns are very small, often much less than a square mile. Add to that the 19th century rebuilding of Paris, that 50% of old London (the largest city in the world) was destroyed in the war, and most German cities were almost completely destroyed, and such a claim is not so far-fetched. Also here in the US, in many cases the "historic" districts of the cities are actually the second wave of buildings built there. For example what stands in Over-the-Rhine today is a higher-rise (typically four-floor) late 19th century replacement of mid-19th century two-floor rowhouses which replaced early 19th century single-family homes. Same story in Boston's North End.
May 27, 200817 yr One of the biggest 'accomplishments' of the Fascists in Italy was building new homes especially in Northern Italian towns like Milan and Turin. The Nazi's carried out similar projects (though as jmeck notes it was mostly for naught). It would be interesting to see what part of the world actually maintains the oldest housing stock. It would probably have to be a place with relative economic stability (too much or too little growth and there will be building), no wars (see Germany), a decent climate (extreme hot, cold, humidity not so good), and a place that values home and stability over growth and leaving the family), not around major natural disaster areas (see China, New Orleans). I guess that means just one place . . . Cincinnati. :-D
May 27, 200817 yr Regensburg, Germany, Munich, Germany Cleveland, Ohio Oberlin, Ohio Washington, DC Alexandria, VA Bethesda Marylard, Los Angeles, CA East Bay (Emeryville), California
May 27, 200817 yr Born in Cleveland, Ohio (West Park) Mentor, Ohio As Pontes, Galicia, Spain Kent, Ohio Columbus, Ohio (West side) Brimfield, Ohio Newark, NJ (Downtown) Washington, D.C. (Petworth Neighborhood) Burlington, Vermont (Old North End) Milton, Vermont Mobile, Alabama Grand Bay, Alabama Back for good to Cleveland, Ohio (In Tremont, plan to stay in this house for a while but probably won't stay in this neighborhood forever).
May 27, 200817 yr >The new buildings were probably better than what they replaced. Agreed, for the most part the row buildings which survived the late 19th century rebuilding are nondescript although there are maybe 10,000 early 1800's homes remaining in Ohio. Many of the finer town homes (not farm houses) were renovated into a Victorian style or other style in the later 1800's, making those with early 19th century designs that much rarer.
May 27, 200817 yr . . . that in some cities was put back together to look like there never was a war.
May 28, 200817 yr Born in Detroit Lived in.. Dearborn, MI (2 yrs) Northville, MI (10 yrs) Avon Lake, OH (7 yrs) Ypsilanti, MI (for a summer) Columbus, OH (4 yrs) Outside of Nelsonville, OH (currently)
May 29, 200817 yr Dear Diary, I once lived or heard or could wikipedia an old european town. I posted about it. Regards, Back On Topic.
May 29, 200817 yr Glad to help out, Pope.... Cleveland-area (Highland Heights) 1967-1978 Cleveland-area (Bainbridge) 1978-1985 Kent, Ohio (off-campus condo) 1985-1989 Cleveland-area (Bainbridge) 1989-1993 [yep, moved back home] Cleveland-area (Berea) 1993-1996 Cleveland-area (Lakewood) 1996-present "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 29, 200817 yr Ok, for whomsoever might be interested.... Staten Island, NY (11 yrs) (representing Westerleigh! Woot! Port Richmond HS, home of Wu-Tang!) Ulster Park, NY (7 years) Syracuse NY (8 years) Mayfield Hts, OH (3 yrs) Beachwood, OH (2 years) Orange, OH (6 years)
May 30, 200817 yr In chronological order... Columbiaville, MI Kingston, MI Ypsilanti, MI (school) Dearborn, MI (couple months) Houghton, MI (school) Milan, MI (summer) Harrison Township, MI (summer) Rochester, MN (summer) Fremont, CA Albany, CA Ypsilanti, MI (again!) Royal Oak, MI Cleveland and in a few weeks, I'm moving into my new house in Lakewood! Hoping to stay in one place for a while this time.
May 30, 200817 yr I once lived or heard or could wikipedia an old european town. I posted about it. Regards, That's nice and all pope, but wikipedia doesn't have jack on Halle. It's a completely worthless website. Point is, It has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand, If you love Halle so much, go write about at the C-dawg Blog.
June 3, 200817 yr Akron, Ohio 1980-2002 Oak park, Illinois 2002-2003 Akron, Ohio 2003- present Washington DC(Anacostia then Shaw] many summers during my teenage years.
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