Cue the haters! Microsoft just bought 183 acres in New Albany (Columbus: best city, real estate)

[TomJones123]

Originally Posted by midwest1

And it's the CBD Metroplex. Question Mr CBus, have you ever been to Middletown or Hamilton? Or possibly even Dayton?

I doubt hes been too far past Blue Ash in Cincinnati...his posts indicate pretty stark lack of knowledge on whats actually going on here...he thinks people don't commute from Dayton to Cincinnati.

[TomJones123]

So my take away from this thread is that columbus is now a true densely packed big city because microshaft is going to open some back offices in the far edges of suburban columbus...a city of truly diverse suburbs...and all the homers sing along now "were a big city now mama"....lmao

[Cbus76]

Originally Posted by Losfrisco

The problem is that you brought up Cleveland.

If you had limited your "mocking" analogy to Cin-Day, it might have worked, because Cincinnati and Columbus are, to a certain extent playing the same game.

If you asked Clevelanders, "would you give up the symphony and your subway to add corporate jobs/suburbia, so you could finally post a metro population increase?", their answer would be NO, because they just aren't playing that game.

Cleveland has a subway? Like the sandwich shop?

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by Cbus76

Cleveland has a subway? Like the sandwich shop?

Columbusites don't understand this map: https://www.riderta.com/sites/defaul...id_Connect.pdf

Anyway, sure most of it isn't underground at all, but it's still largely not on street level or subject to any car traffic.

[Losfrisco]

Originally Posted by Cbus76

Cleveland has a subway? Like the sandwich shop?

Yeah. It's a larger subway than Los Angeles or Baltimore has right now.

With a light rail and functioning Amtrak station.



Would Columbus be able to build a four mile streetcar even if they wanted to?

I think we all know the answer to that!

[bjimmy24]

For the record, this is the general area where all these tech companies are buying up land: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1078...8192?entry=ttu

Obviously, this is terrible. It's just sprawling nonsense. This is not a city area, it's basically almost rural. There is nothing wrong with that. What makes it terrible is that we are destroying what could be a funcitoning rural community and making it into massive, isolating, tech ugliness and then probably more McMansions. It's just hard to stomach when the city of Columbus itself is so diluted as is. Would be much better to throw these types of things in the city itself (if you really want such companies anyway, which I personally do not).

[PerryMason614]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

You are constantly comparing to other places. You don't know what "mocking" means. Nobody except you has ever mentioned any orchestra.

LOL you're a one man band trumpeting have great your haas-been City of Cincinnati is for years now and you're going to cast aspersions on others?

I don't need to compare against Cincinnati. There is no comparison. People are voting with their feet.

I'm making fun of you people and your persistent inferiority complex.

[PerryMason614]

Originally Posted by TomJones123

I doubt hes been too far past Blue Ash in Cincinnati...his posts indicate pretty stark lack of knowledge on whats actually going on here...he thinks people don't commute from Dayton to Cincinnati.

I've been everywhere in Cincinnati. Western Hills, Price Hill, Spring Grove Cemetery, Mariemont, fairfield, Kenwood, Hamilton. Everywhere.

[PerryMason614]

Originally Posted by Losfrisco

Yeah. It's a larger subway than Los Angeles or Baltimore has right now.

With a light rail and functioning Amtrak station.



Would Columbus be able to build a four mile streetcar even if they wanted to?

I think we all know the answer to that!

That's right, the lack of a lefty choo choo toy train and world-renowned symphony funded by what's left of John D. Rockefeller's money kept Microsoft, Google, Intel and Facebook from locating here.

The only thing we're missing is Apple. Betcha they're next.

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by PerryMason614

LOL you're a one man band trumpeting have great your haas-been City of Cincinnati is for years now and you're going to cast aspersions on others?

I don't need to compare against Cincinnati. There is no comparison. People are voting with their feet.

I'm making fun of you people and your persistent inferiority complex.

You are incoherent.

Honestly it seems like I'm the only one on here that actually talks about Columbus qua Columbus any of the time.