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View Poll Results: Rank them by importance (in your opinion)
1.Cincinnati, 2.Cleveland, 3.Columbus 10 20.41%
1.Cincinnati, 2.Columbus, 3.Cleveland 0 0%
1.Cleveland, 2.Cincinnati, 3.Columbus 13 26.53%
1.Cleveland, 2.Columbus, 3.Cincinnati 7 14.29%
1.Columbus, 2.Cincinnati, 3.Cleveland 4 8.16%
1. Columbus, 2.Cleveland, 3.Cincinnati 6 12.24%
All Equal 8 16.33%
Not sure... 1 2.04%
Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-13-2011, 01:19 PM
 
Location: Tampa
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If you had to rank the three, which would be the alpha city?

How about number 2? 3?

Why do you think so?



For the poll, in case of a tie, find one thing that puts one above the other!
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Old 03-25-2014, 06:01 PM
 
Location: Columbus
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If I would have to rank these cities I would rank them on important s due to factors such as economy , sport and entertainment, and diversity.

Economy) Capital City by far
Entertainment) Cleveland
Diversity) Columbus/Cleveland
Cincinnati )would probably win on access.
Let me explain.
Columbus largest job market.
Cleveland has more pro teams than the three.
Columbus/ Cleveland; Both are equally diverse to me.
Cincinnati: well when your surrounded by three states than you pretty much have access to a lot more than the other two.
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Old 03-25-2014, 09:23 PM
 
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By far? How about $11.9 billion behind? Regionally, how about $81 billion behind?

Gross Metropolitan Product:
Cleveland (5 county area): $106.6 billion (5 county area), Northeast Ohio (18 county area): $182 billion
Columbus (12 county area): $94.7 billion, Central Ohio (24 county area): $101 billion

Cleveland customs merchandise flow: $109.2 billion
Columbus: not ranked

Freight tonnage:
Cleveland: 236.2 billion
Columbus: 150 billion

Exports:
Cleveland: $10.5 billion
Columbus: $3.6 billion

Jobs:
Cleveland: 999,000 (over 5 counties)
Columbus: 905,000 (over 12 counties)

Partial statistics provided by:
http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0712/FullReport.pdf
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Old 03-25-2014, 09:29 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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^ Yeah, most people don't realize that Cleveland is a pretty big economic contributor. I'm kinda sick of this whole "columbus contributes so much" ignoring everything you just posted here. Why? I really have no idea.
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Old 03-26-2014, 05:59 AM
 
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Plain and simple: Ignorance -- with a tinge of arrogance. A disaster of a combination, I might add.

Cleveland is the 12th largest port city in the US. It is also expanding in that aspect. That says a lot, considering that it is 500 miles away from the nearest ocean.
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Old 03-26-2014, 07:34 AM
 
Location: Over-the-Rhine, Ohio
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Plain and simple: Ignorance -- with a tinge of arrogance. A disaster of a combination, I might add.

Cleveland is the 12th largest port city in the US. It is also expanding in that aspect. That says a lot, considering that it is 500 miles away from the nearest ocean.

I agree. Columbus deserves some praise, without question. They've built some fantastic amenities and have forged a culture that is accessible to many, but it seems like they've been resting on their high horse lately while Cleveland and Cincinnati have been stepping up their games. If Columbus isn't careful, they'll get left in the dust again.
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Old 03-26-2014, 08:34 AM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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Cleveland has undergone extreme hardships seen by very few other American cities in the last 50-60 years, and STILL outproduces cities like Columbus, despite all the huge gains in those kinds of cities. And it's not even just by a little. I just think some of you other Ohioans need to show a little respect in this regard.
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Old 03-26-2014, 09:41 AM
 
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I agree. Columbus deserves some praise, without question. They've built some fantastic amenities and have forged a culture that is accessible to many, but it seems like they've been resting on their high horse lately while Cleveland and Cincinnati have been stepping up their games. If Columbus isn't careful, they'll get left in the dust again.
I really have nothing against the city itself. It is an OK place to be/visit/live. But, it seems very hard for many of the locals to admit that the city has 2 distinct economic advantages that no other city in the state has: it is the state-wide, tax funded capitol and it has the state-wide, tax funded OSU. These are HUGE economic advantages which come heavily at the expense of NEO taxation as NEO has almost 1/2 (45%) of the state's population. Next in line is the Cin-Day area with about nearly 1/3 (28%). BILLIONS of our tax dollars flow directly into the City of Columbus. BILLIONS of our tax dollars go directly to the Columbus bottom line (more than $12 BILLION between the 2 regions). That is a huge number. Essentially, Columbus has no excuse but to be economically successful as a large portion of its GMP comes directly from the rest of the state.
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Old 03-26-2014, 11:28 AM
 
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How substantive...
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Old 03-26-2014, 12:52 PM
 
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I agree. Columbus deserves some praise, without question. They've built some fantastic amenities and have forged a culture that is accessible to many, but it seems like they've been resting on their high horse lately while Cleveland and Cincinnati have been stepping up their games. If Columbus isn't careful, they'll get left in the dust again.
I would agree that Cleveland/Cincinnati are doing a lot to revitalize, but how exactly is Columbus just sitting around?
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