February 7, 201114 yr I don`t know man, I never seize to get surprised. One of my coworkers, whenever Ohio State loses a game, calls in sick the next day and so he can have some time to pout. He acts like a big vagina when it comes to sports. I`m sure there`s plenty of others out there like him too. February does kinda make me think weather is a factor but I definitely agree finances should come before anything. David, I agree with you about sports and weather. People do take it very personally. It's just that Cleveland is above middle-of-the-road for job growth, below the national and state average in unemployment and in the top-fifth of metros in terms of wage growth and it's #10 in the U.S. in terms of misery? Like I said, they had to really "work" some very subjective numbers to keep Cleveland there and even then the city dropped 9 spots. It's becoming an art for them. It'll be harder next year to keep Cleveland on the list as the local economy continues it's march towards faster expansion.
February 9, 201114 yr Author 50 Best Cities for Love As yet another Valentine’s Day approaches, The Daily Beast ranks the cities where love’s promise is most profound, from abundant singles to happy couples to romantic ambience. If you’re at a loss for love this Valentine’s Day, it may be time to pack your bags. Cupid’s arrow seems to have chosen hotspots. #9, Cleveland, OH Singles: A Social life: A Emotional health: F Marriage: F Divorce: A #13, Columbus, OH Singles: B Social life: A Emotional health: D Marriage: F Divorce: A+ #46, Cincinnati, OH Singles: D Social life: C Emotional health: D Marriage: D Divorce: B http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-06/50-best-cities-for-love/2/ http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-06/50-best-cities-for-love/?cid=hp:mainpromo9
February 10, 201114 yr Cross-posted from http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,25446.msg543675.html#msg543675..... According to a U.S. News analysis, the 10 U.S. cities with the best combination of public transportation investment, ridership, and safety are: 1. Portland, OR 2. Salt Lake City 3. New York 4. Boston 5. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 6. San Francisco 7. Los Angeles 8. Honolulu 9 (tie). Denver 9 (tie). Austin READ MORE AT: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/02/08/10-best-cities-for-public-transportation "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 10, 201114 yr I've already been accused of being a misogynist by MayDay - I might catch flack for this too but it is kinda true about Cincinnati and being single. At least if you're a guy. The women in Cincy are prudes compared to Columbus. Even at UC they were just too wholesome and conservative or just unavailable having been with the same boyfriend forever.
February 10, 201114 yr They consider ridership as a percentage of population, yeah? That list seems fair although it seems NYC would reign supreme in such a study with it's ridership alone. That is pretty curious unless safety gives it much lower markings and there isn't much expansion (clearly a large, established city like NYC would be facing diminishing returns at this point). NYC will always be king to me due to its walkability.
February 15, 201114 yr Cheapest American Cities to Own a Car http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1719/the-cheapest-cities-to-own-a-car/ 1. C-land 3. Cincy 4. C-bus Hmmmmm.....
February 15, 201114 yr Cheapest American Cities to Own a Car http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1719/the-cheapest-cities-to-own-a-car/ 1. C-land 3. Cincy 4. C-bus Hmmmmm..... Looks like insurance is cheap in Ohio.
February 15, 201114 yr I'm sorry. My first thought before I clicked the link was, "There's NO WAY that Milwaukee will be on that list." Parking in Milwaukee is a nightmare, not from a lack of spaces, but from incredibly aggressive parking checkers. EVERYBODY I know who owns a car gets at least 2 $40 tickets per month. Last year the city wrote 1.2 million tickets, and the fines increase weekly. A friend of mine paid $400 in parking tickets last month. It's insanely expensive to own a car IN THE CITY. ...and this list has Milwaukee at #2. I don't buy it.
February 17, 201114 yr I think we a finally moving our way off these lists. We still on this one but at the end, same with miserable cities list. These are all stupid, but it would be nice to stop getting negative national press. <b>The 11 Most Dangerous Cities</b> http://finance.yahoo.com/news/The-11-Most-Dangerous-usnews-1262959588.html?x=0
February 25, 201114 yr Forbes 25 Best Cities For Shopping For cities over 500,000: The List: 1. Houston 2. Dallas 3. Baltimore 4. Columbus 5. Indianapolis 6. Philadelphia 7. Phoenix 8. San Antonio 9. Jacksonville 10. San Diego 11. Charlotte 12. Austin 13. Denver 14. Detroit 15. Chicago 16. Los Angeles 17. Milwaukee 18. Boston 19. Nashville 20. San José 21. El Paso 22. New York City 23. Memphis 24. Seattle 25. San Francisco http://blogs.forbes.com/meghancasserly/2010/12/13/the-best-shopping-cities-us-macys-walmart-outlet-malls/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 25, 201114 yr Quote from the article..."Like New York, Boston is also penalized for its high prices and low number of malls–showing that shopping in cities might not be all it’s cracked up to be." Sweet baby jesus, in the manger. That article made my head hurt. Best for what? The metrics were Sqft, taxes, number of malls, numbers of wla marts and who knows what else? Seems that adds up to the best place to buy lots of stuff cheaply in the biggest building.
February 25, 201114 yr Hard to argue this one. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/02/cleveland_schools_at_bottom_of.html "CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An analysis of 2009 science test scores in 17 major U.S. urban districts ranks Cleveland near the bottom. Cleveland beat out only Detroit on fourth-grade tests given nationwide, according to results released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. The district's eighth-graders topped peers in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Detroit. " And here's a quote from a poster which I find very apt: "near the bottom of the US, when the US is at the bottom of advanced nations...."
February 25, 201114 yr ^ That and Cleveland State Elementary School hopefully can help us improve and give people thinking about leaving the city once they have a child an another opportunity.
February 26, 201114 yr What the hell does that even mean? Best Cities For Shopping... Everyone shops for different stuff. In Vegas, you can shop for hookers! You't think that alone would put them in the top 10. In Columbus, you can find pretty much anything, especially if you venture out to one of our many 'refugee camps'.
February 26, 201114 yr Columbus was pretty legendary for its retro video game stores even before I started one.
March 2, 201114 yr Site Selection Magazine's 2010 Top Metropolitan (and Micropolitan) Areas by Number of Projects http://burghdiaspora.blogspot.com/2011/03/site-selection-magazine-rankings.html I'm still working on trying to find an actual article that explains the table. Cincinnati, Springfield & Dayton come in high on this year after year. A couple years ago it was Springfield #1, Dayton #2 Cincinnati #3 in their respective categories. It has to do with places to put a business. It's based on population, income, highway access, real estate prices & stuff.
March 3, 201114 yr Site Selection Magazine's 2010 Top Metropolitan (and Micropolitan) Areas by Number of Projects http://burghdiaspora.blogspot.com/2011/03/site-selection-magazine-rankings.html I'm still working on trying to find an actual article that explains the table. Here's the article, from the source: http://www.siteselection.com/issues/2011/mar/top-metros.cfm
March 6, 201114 yr Columbus was pretty legendary for its retro video game stores even before I started one. Retro Video Game stores eh? Where are these places? I never play video games but I do get nostalgic for classics like PacMan, Super Mario and Mortal Kombat. I go to Buybacks on occasion and I've been to Video Games Express. Are you talking about something different? Never heard about the Retro Video Game stores...
March 6, 201114 yr Columbus was pretty legendary for its retro video game stores even before I started one. Retro Video Game stores eh? Where are these places? I never play video games but I do get nostalgic for classics like PacMan, Super Mario and Mortal Kombat. I go to Buybacks on occasion and I've been to Video Games Express. Are you talking about something different? Never heard about the Retro Video Game stores... Wellllllll, since you asked, just come on up to Super Game Team at 1724 Northwest Blvd. between 11-8 Monday-Saturday and find out! Mario, Pac-Man and Mortal Kombat will all be there.
March 9, 201114 yr Site Selection Magazine's 2010 Top Metropolitan (and Micropolitan) Areas by Number of Projects http://burghdiaspora.blogspot.com/2011/03/site-selection-magazine-rankings.html I'm still working on trying to find an actual article that explains the table. Here's the article, from the source: http://www.siteselection.com/issues/2011/mar/top-metros.cfm Thanks. Too bad the article is almost all about Chicago. If you click where it says Extra, Extra, there is an article about Dayton after the one about Baton Rouge. I think this ranking is based on the number of new companies of certain types, but which types are and aren't included I'm not sure. And if you do a search for the rankings of the previous two years, you find other articles about Dayton, including one that talks about the ways it attracted sensor technology startups.
March 9, 201114 yr It's interesting to see the competition for that Dayton back-office relocation: The law firm narrowed the search to four locations — Dayton, Indianapolis, Louisville and Roanoke — before selecting a site in the Miami Valley ResearchPark in Kettering near Dayton. The only outlier was Roanoke, and it seems workforce availablity was clincher for the deal (though the article doesnt go into that). Lousiville is actually at a disadvantage compared to Dayton area re a quality, well-educated workforce , believe it or not. This would be a good lessons-learned for local economic development experts, finding out why companies locate here and not "there", what are the "deciders", and built on or feature those decision points in marketing the area.
March 13, 201114 yr Author 2010 Annual Report 100 Most Congested Metro Summary Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN Ranked 29th -2010 Ranked 31st - 2009 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH Ranked 31st - 2010 Ranked 41st - 2009 Columbus OH Ranked - 41st - 2010 Ranked 53rd - 2009 Dayton OH Ranked - 70th -2010 Ranked 76th - 2009 Akron OH Ranked - 73rd - 2010 Ranked 89th -2009 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH-PA Ranked 79th -2010 Ranked 92nd -2009 Toledo OH Ranked 93rd -2010 Ranked 97th - 2009 http://inrix.com/scorecard/Top100Metros.asp
March 14, 201114 yr I think it's pretty accurate. Cincinnati always brought out the worst of my sinusitis. Gotta say, not many problems with that in Columbus.
March 22, 201114 yr <b>20 Cities You Don't Want to Live In ... Yet</b> http://www.cnbc.com/id/42135402/20_Cities_You_Don_t_Want_to_Live_In_Yet
March 22, 201114 yr Indianapolis: The Bad - "The weather doesn’t help: summers are hot and the winters are freezing." Ohh the horror.
March 22, 201114 yr Yeah, really. They just described where 6/10 Americans live. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 22, 201114 yr Honestly I think Cincinnati's weather is underrated. Other than humidity and allergies I mean. I noticed a clear difference between Cincy and Columbus. Winters are noticably more mild. Summers are a little hotter but I definitely don't mind it. Hot weather puts me in a great mood. Not sure about Indy but I guess it's akin to the weather in Columbus. Similar geography and lattitude in the same region.
March 22, 201114 yr Overall the weather along the Ohio River is pretty mellow. Once you get up in the flatlands, the wind blows in whatever it feels like; often very quickly.
March 22, 201114 yr Humidity is my #1 weather pet-peeve. Can't stand it. Makes me want to get inside as quickly as possible.
March 24, 201114 yr ^^When I tell them unemployment is at 8.5% (less than Seattle, Denver, Cincinnati, etc.) and that we are entering 2011 with a balanced budget and no major layoffs or tax increases, they are dumbfounded. Just wanted to add to this. Everyone talks about how well Charlotte is doing. It's economy is used as a model to aspire to and people seem to be flocking here because of the supposed good times. Well, new figures I just saw yesterday show that the Charlotte Metro areas unemployment rate is 11.1% That is above the North Carolina state rate and much higher than the Cleveland metro area. So, Cleveland isn't such a bad place after all, is it? Rank that, Forbes!
March 24, 201114 yr I'm not sure if the unemployment rate for the Cleveland Metro area has gone up from 8.5% I think it has but it is not at 11.1%.
March 24, 201114 yr Indianapolis: The Bad - "The weather doesnt help: summers are hot and the winters are freezing." Ohh the horror. Indianapolis the Bad- One hip neighborhood (Broad Ripple) for the entire metro area.
March 29, 201114 yr As a car-free individual who has closely been watching what the city has been doing for pedestrians, cyclists, and mass transit vs car-first infrastructure, this top 3 placement is downright laughable. Siemens 2011 Sustainable Community Awards Large Community Mid-size Community Small Community Baltimore, MD North Little Rock, AR Brea, CA Columbus, OH Pittsburgh, PA Burlington, VT San Jose, CA Raleigh, NC Greensburg, KS http://sustainablecommunity.uschamber.com/2011-finalists/
March 31, 201114 yr According to the pictures in this list, Cleveland = Charlotte. In Pictures: 15 Cities Where Economies Are Getting Worse http://www.forbes.com/2011/03/16/cities-where-the-economies-are-getting-worse_slide_12.html
March 31, 201114 yr According to the pictures in this list, Cleveland = Charlotte. In Pictures: 15 Cities Where Economies Are Getting Worse http://www.forbes.com/2011/03/16/cities-where-the-economies-are-getting-worse_slide_12.html Did Steve Forbes' car get stolen when he was in Cleveland or something? What the fuck does this twit and his minions have against the city? If anything, Cleveland is coming out of this recession in better shape and with more vigor than most of the stereotypical "hot economy" cities which aren't doing as well right now (Las Vegas, Miami, Seattle, Denver etc). I think newstands here should boycott selling his elitist, yesterday's-news, excuse for shiny toilet paper magazine. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 31, 201114 yr Well, in this particular list, I think CA comes out looking much worse, state-wide, than Cleveland, or Ohio. They had to get their requisite digs in, but the first 7 cities are in CA. By the same token, using their very statistics, you can make the argument that our economy is NOT getting worse, but has stabilized. Our projected outward migration is less than many of the other cities, home prices are projected to be stable, unemployment is lower than the national average, and job growth, while anemic, is occurring nonetheless.
March 31, 201114 yr I noticed Forbes already fixed their mistake with the Cleveland picture. Is it possible someone there is reading this site?
March 31, 201114 yr I want to send them a good picture and just give the the rights to it cause I never like the pictures they use.
March 31, 201114 yr San Fran? Really? Well, I have heard rumblings that Twitter may relocate to the suburbs due to their insane taxes and costs of living, but still.....
March 31, 201114 yr Indianapolis: The Bad - "The weather doesn’t help: summers are hot and the winters are freezing." Ohh the horror. Indianapolis the Bad- One hip neighborhood (Broad Ripple) for the entire metro area. Mass. Ave.?
March 31, 201114 yr ...and Fountain Square. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 31, 201114 yr Remember the unemployment rate is flawed in at least3 ways: It doesn't factor in the extremely large number of people in jail/prison; it doesn't show how many people are part-time workers who recieve little pay and no benefits (and coinciding with that I'd mention the prevalence of short_term contracts and temp agencies) but also they don't factor in people who are no longer actively looking for work. A heaalthy unemmployment rate is 4-5% so 8 or 9 may not seem that high but it's double that of what it should be even for a healthy rate based on a flawed methodology..Then you have the issue of peopple not making what they used to when prices aren't being lowered from innovation.
March 31, 201114 yr ^ That is a huge issue. People in marketing for instance who get paid commission are now bringing in half of what they used to. They aren't technically unemployed but they are having a hard time make ends meet.
April 1, 201114 yr I want to send them a good picture and just give the the rights to it cause I never like the pictures they use. I understand your frustration, but please - do not EVER just hand over the rights to your photos to anyone, much less to the proprietors of that rag. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
April 1, 201114 yr Agreed. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 1, 201114 yr ...and Fountain Square. fine fine fine... according to wiki there are 6.... still an amazing dearth in the Midwest's 2nd largest city considering it has swallowed most of its suburbs. Still notice what was listed first. Contents 1 Broad Ripple Village 2 Massachusetts Avenue 3 Fountain Square 4 Wholesale District 5 Canal and White River State Park 6 Indiana Avenue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_Cultural_Districts When I have been there the only place I was ever recommended was Broad Ripple (or Carmel haha) , do Mass Ave and Fountain Square have a large residential component neighborhood feel (ala Tremont or German Village)?
April 1, 201114 yr Both do, yes. Mass Ave has the St. Joe/Lockerbie Square area to back it up; Fountain Square is essentially Tremont with a more visible commercial center. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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