Posted March 24, 200817 yr One of the smallest county seats in population (and very possibly the smallest), McConnelsville is a very quaint and impressive town.
March 24, 200817 yr Nice town and looks to be in good shape, especially considering it is in one of the poorest counties, if I'm correct. Only two to go, you can do it!
March 24, 200817 yr I love McConnelsville. I mean, for a town its size, it's fantastically urban and architecturally impressive. Now, neighboring Malta...oy. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 24, 200817 yr I haven't visited in a while but "fantastically urban" now includes places with Chevy dealerhsips 2 blocks from the center of town? :D I drove through there once 15 years ago and it is what it is, but it'd be monumentous stretch to call that town urban with the disproportionate amount of single family homes/strip malls and trailers surrounding the town center. I mean no disrespect to residents of McConnellsville at all, you've gotta be tough to live there and the fact they've still managed to keep the city center semi-functional in a county that has been in an economic recession for the last 30+ years says alot about the pride of the people in the area. Good for them, nice pics.
March 24, 200817 yr I haven't visited in a while but "fantastically urban" now includes places with Chevy dealerhsips 2 blocks from the center of town? Christ, I was talking about the actual old town, not the fringe which every city in this state AND New York City have. Shall we discount Jersey City's urbanity due to the stripmalls adjacent to the waterfront near the tunnel? No. Residentially, McConnelsville is compact even with single-family housing and that town isn't THAT large. So with that said, the town IS fantastically urban. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 25, 200817 yr I haven't visited in a while but "fantastically urban" now includes places with Chevy dealerhsips 2 blocks from the center of town? Christ, I was talking about the actual old town, not the fringe which every city in this state AND New York City have. Shall we discount Jersey City's urbanity due to the stripmalls adjacent to the waterfront near the tunnel? No. Residentially, McConnelsville is compact even with single-family housing and that town isn't THAT large. So with that said, the town IS fantastically urban. Chicago, Tokyo, McConnelsville! Who knew? :D It's an Appalachia river town with a small old town district (you'd have to be blind to get lost in it) that is mostly surrounded by car dealerships and fast food joints. No disrespect to those folks, but again it is what it is. There are probably at least 500 "McConnelsvilles" spread throughout central Appalachia. Why this place is now fantastically urban is beyond me. Don't get testy. It's a nice town. :D
March 25, 200817 yr I only spent about an hour in McConnelsville (with at least half of that having lunch at the Blue Bell), but I didn't take note of an overabundance of suburban development so close to town, if it existed. With the way the buildings wrap around the square and their scale, McConnelsville does have a very unique sense of place that you don't feel when you are in other Appalachian towns like Jackson, Caldwell, New Lex, Ironton, Logan, etc. Pomeroy and Athens (maybe a touch of Marietta) are the only other towns that have an equal feeling of urbanity as McConnelsville, at least to me; coincidentally, or not so, these all seem to be the most active and occupied as well. Gallipolis, Nelsonville, and Cambridge fall somewhere in between. I can't believe you only have 2 to go.... simply stunning Just to clarify, that is two more to photograph, not to post here.
March 25, 200817 yr Chicago, Tokyo, McConnelsville! Who knew? :D Yes, just like twit, moron, and AmrapinVA. Who knew, right? Right? ;) It's an Appalachia river town with a small old town district (you'd have to be blind to get lost in it) Which are typically urban... that is mostly surrounded by car dealerships and fast food joints. No disrespect to those folks, but again it is what it is. There are probably at least 500 "McConnelsvilles" spread throughout central Appalachia. That still doesn't negate the TOWN being "urban" just because the fringe has been 'disrespected' by trashy suburban development. I mean, downtown Cleveland's fringe east of downtown has been 'disrespected' yet I'd still call Cleveland an urban city. Why this place is now fantastically urban is beyond me. Because for a small town in Appalachia, it has a quality town square, quality architecture, and well kept urban residential streets. That's it. Not really that hard to "get." Don't get testy. It's a nice town. :D I'm not testy, I'm ColDayMan. If I see a post I don't agree with, I counter it. Nothing personal, just business. :D "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 25, 200817 yr I only spent about an hour in McConnelsville (with at least half of that having lunch at the Blue Bell), but I didn't take note of an overabundance of suburban development so close to town, if it existed. With the way the buildings wrap around the square and their scale, McConnelsville does have a very unique sense of place that you don't feel when you are in other Appalachian towns like Jackson, Caldwell, New Lex, Ironton, Logan, etc. Pomeroy and Athens (maybe a touch of Marietta) are the only other towns that have an equal feeling of urbanity as McConnelsville, at least to me; coincidentally, or not so, these all seem to be the most active and occupied as well. Gallipolis, Nelsonville, and Cambridge fall somewhere in between. Trust me, you're not the only one with that feeling of those that have traveled this state (and others) to these obscure towns. You're gut is right; ignore that AramababaVA thing. ;) "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 7, 201114 yr Agreed with Inkaelin and ColDayMan - I am always impressed by McConnellsville. It has a big city feeling of solidity to the architecture. Most other towns in this region could be erased by a tornado. The area may be poorer than crap but the downtown looks really nice for the region that this is. There's a decent little downtown tavern we ate at when visiting a couple of years ago - the Chatterbox.
March 8, 201114 yr Chicago, Tokyo, McConnelsville! Who knew? :D Yes, just like twit, moron, and AmrapinVA. Who knew, right? Right? ;) It's an Appalachia river town with a small old town district (you'd have to be blind to get lost in it) Which are typically urban... that is mostly surrounded by car dealerships and fast food joints. No disrespect to those folks, but again it is what it is. There are probably at least 500 "McConnelsvilles" spread throughout central Appalachia. That still doesn't negate the TOWN being "urban" just because the fringe has been 'disrespected' by trashy suburban development. I mean, downtown Cleveland's fringe east of downtown has been 'disrespected' yet I'd still call Cleveland an urban city. Why this place is now fantastically urban is beyond me. Because for a small town in Appalachia, it has a quality town square, quality architecture, and well kept urban residential streets. That's it. Not really that hard to "get." Don't get testy. It's a nice town. :D I'm not testy, I'm ColDayMan. If I see a post I don't agree with, I counter it. Nothing personal, just business. :D oh nooo, syncophantically parsing that to pieces wasn't testy at all. not at all! :wink: whats interesting is how this cute small town square is somehow immediately uber-urban in the southern ohio-biased cdm mindset because its brick and its south of the turnpike, yet olde real urban neighborhoods composed entirely of block after block of contiguous 5-story apt buildings in certain northern ohio cities are not. just sayin :wink:
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