Fastest Dying Cities in America article -Ohio has 4 of 10 (Cleveland: living, cost of living)

[Giesela]

The 161 comments are pretty interesting.


http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/04/eco...0805dying.html

Or you can just google "fastest dying cities"

[Cincy-Rise]

This list, along with other Forbe's list is a joke.

[Art1979]

Originally Posted by Giesela

The 161 comments are pretty interesting.

Yes, indeed. There was one comment that stood out. though.

"Lead by example not by force."

My, my, my... there may be hope for humanity yet.

[Giesela]

I'm not sure why you think its a joke?

[Cincy-Rise]

Originally Posted by Giesela

I'm not sure why you think its a joke?

Sure, one word: Cleveland.

[The Don]

4 out of 10 -- wouldn't have anything to do with one of the least friendly business climates in the country do you think?

[Alt Dach]

Originally Posted by The Don

4 out of 10 -- wouldn't have anything to do with one of the least friendly business climates in the country do you think?

Not really,the basic american model is to use things up and throw them away.Applies tp people.places and things.

[Giesela]

I still don't understand why you think the whole article is a joke because one word - Cleveland. If you don't want to explain yourself just don't post.
I was surprised that so many cities from Ohio were on there frankly although some of the smaller cities have been contracting for quite some time so maybe it was because I considered it old news, almost done with in some cases. You'd think there would be more um currently dying cities on the list (perhaps Dayton is one of those) than some of the smaller cities that seem to be almost done contracting.

[Crew Chief]

So what!!! EVERY part of the country has it's ups & downs. So manufacturing is in decline in Ohio. It is in a lot of places in America. But look at foreign auto makers that build their cars here. I can't speak for the other cities but I truly believe that Dayton will, like a Phoenix, rise from the ashes. And I'm not even sure the Dayton region has fallen into ashes yet, anyway. There are PLENTY of positive things about the Dayton area. Cost of living, access to two major interstate higways, an educated work force, to name just a few.

[JefferyT]

The concept of "dying city" is sort of flawed, as most of these places are metro areas over well over 100,000. Places like this downsize or right-size, but don't die.

Some places will fare better than others. Dayton and Cleveland have fairly diversified economies once the manufacturing sector bottoms out, so this is a process of shedding jobs and population, but at the end a smaller and more economically diversified place will result.