tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post2668670063366210074..comments2023-10-27T03:16:03.213-04:00Comments on Burgh Diaspora: Rust Belt DemographyJim Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-61930504984046435072013-03-20T11:50:04.498-04:002013-03-20T11:50:04.498-04:00Even a clown like Kasich can be right once in a wh...Even a clown like Kasich can be right once in a while, Cincinnati does have a new 'cool' factor and the band Rush does belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and finally are! <br />I hate how population stats are so easily misleading. Maybe Cincinnati Metro and/or city population numbers are overall flat. BUT, the population that is here is getting younger, more diverse, better educated, less enamoured with driving a car, and is moving closer and closer to the urban core. Not just downtown, but also to the adjacent neighborhoods.<br />Just today, another 110unit market rate apartment complex being ramped up for 2014. This is in addition to 300 units in PhaseII of the Banks on the river. Another 300 unit complex to replace a crumbling parking garage, another 176 units in an outdated downtown office complex, and finally another 170 to be built above the existing downtown Macy's on Fountain Square. Then in Over the Rhine, there is Mercer Commons being built: 126 rental units which include 30 affordable units, 28 condos. So even if the city has 290K in the next census, it will be a very different 290K than it had last census.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229298524744623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-63191260947241266122013-03-20T11:34:43.923-04:002013-03-20T11:34:43.923-04:00I just started reading the Price of Everything, an...I just started reading the Price of Everything, and the decision of how many children (and what gender) came up in the intro. As you noted, it's not likely a smart decision for the family just to have more children -- better (for the family) to have 1 or 2 you can fully fund and send to college, than to have 3 or 4 and underfund them all. Done By Fortyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246597867355460723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-61514418804086942292013-03-19T22:37:46.842-04:002013-03-19T22:37:46.842-04:00I look forward to the time when a governor's d...I look forward to the time when a governor's definition of "cool" doesn't preclude restoration of statewide passenger rail service. Kasich summarily proved on this point that as a Boomer governor, he honestly doesn't have a clue about what Gens X and Y really want in terms of lifestyle choices. He couldn't move fast enough to reject federal funding for the proposed 3Cs rail that would have been a godsend for many of those same young people he mentions, but then he boasts about adding a full third lane to I-71 between Cleveland and Columbus as if it were a game-changer that will keep everyone age 35 and under from catching the next flight to Phoenix or Charlotte, both of which have embraced rail. He conveniently ignores mounting evidence that more young people than ever are opting out of driving whenever possible, favoring healthier and less costly options over a car-centered existence.<br /><br />http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/08/young-people-arent-buying-cars-because-theyre-buying-smart-phones-instead/2873/<br /><br />I know your sentiments are well intended, Jim, but this is one native Ohioan who hopes our next governor here embraces urban life and those who live it, instead of merely paying lip service to us in sound bytes from the apparent comfort of his mansion in sprawlurbia.EJnoreply@blogger.com