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The city of Cincinnati is putting over a billion dollars into new development with "The Banks" project, Queen City Square, renovated convention center, two new stadiums. On top of that Cincnnati and Dayton are growing together and will be counted as one metro area by the 2010 census.
Given the current conditions, Columbus and Pittsburgh are literary competing to see who can become the "Austin of the North," with Columbus at a solid (but not astronomical) lead. Louisville and Indianapolis seem to be more stabilized with their growth rate, nothing to get too cheery or worried about.
Pittsburgh, more diverse, more cultural (stronger universities, more established/stronger museums, theatre, etc), much better transit, stronger/more interesting downtown, stronger, more diverse residential areas and suburbs. Cincy would be the closest 2nd (but considerably behind); ... Louisville, Indy and Columbus don't even belong in the same conversation.
Pittsburgh, more diverse, more cultural (stronger universities, more established/stronger museums, theatre, etc), much better transit, stronger/more interesting downtown, stronger, more diverse residential areas and suburbs. Cincy would be the closest 2nd (but considerably behind); ... Louisville, Indy and Columbus don't even belong in the same conversation.
Indy and Louisville are as strong as Pitt in a lot of categories. They have theater, museums, all that stuff. To say Cincinnati is considerably behind, no. Cincy and Pitt might as well be twins, or close cousins.
The only thing Pitt has that I wish Indy had, is a BCS level college football team. As it is, I have to settle for the hour drive to Purdue (which is fine). Of course, Indy has NBA basketball and Monument Circle, and Woodruff Place.
Indy and Louisville are as strong as Pitt in a lot of categories. They have theater, museums, all that stuff. To say Cincinnati is considerably behind, no. Cincy and Pitt might as well be twins, or close cousins.
The only thing Pitt has that I wish Indy had, is a BCS level college football team. As it is, I have to settle for the hour drive to Purdue (which is fine). Of course, Indy has NBA basketball and Monument Circle, and Woodruff Place.
While, in my mind, Pittsburgh has the others clearly beat, I'd put Louisville slightly ahead of Indy -- even though Louisville is smaller, it's got more 'flava' with the Ky Blue Grass thing -- plus, in terms of bigtime annual races, I'll take the Kentucky Derby (more history, culture) than the Indy 500.
The city and region is getting BRAC jobs that willl bring in 3000 folks at least and i visited there and it is a very charming city.
Also Indy and C-bus are getting Brac jobs as well. Both cities have lucrative Defense Finance Centers that are remaining open and all the other finance centers have closed except for three. Those two centers( Indy and C-bus] are receiving jobs that have tranferred from the closed centers. Those jobs have numbered in the thousands in both cities combined. Also C-bus has a major Defense Supply Center which employs a couple thousand more associates and that is located in the same base as the Finance Center. That being said it is a boost to the economy of both cities.
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