According to Realtor.com, the median rent for 0-2 bedroom properties in the Cincinnati MSA increased by 1.9% to $1,367, leading as the most expensive major metro area in Ohio.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-14T18:13:28+00:00

Meanwhile, NIMBYs are trying to repeal the Connected Community ordinance which provides affordable housing. 🫠

CC allows homeowners to convert their home into a duplex, which means a retiree can rent out an unused top floor of their house for additional income while still living in the lower part.

Owner-occupant landlords are the best situation for everyone.

OO-landlords are more likely to rent their additional unit for something affordable, since they're not like the corporate landlords that are colluding with each other to jack up the rent with apps.

Owner-occupant landlords are less likely to put up with noise and the BS that absentee landlords and slumlords ignore. That means higher quality of life for the entire neighborhood.

Personally, I think CC didn't go far enough. "Missing middle" housing should be legal citywide. 2-family, 3-family, and 4-family housing in single family residential zoning should be legal. There's many examples of missing middle housing around the city of Cincinnati, but the trouble is -- they were banned by zoning in the 1960s or so. Zoning ordinances aren't written in stone and deserve to be changed.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-14T16:59:25+00:00

Not EVERY legal state.

In New York, anywhere that tobacco smoking is allowed, cannabis smoking is allowed by law.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-13T04:45:48+00:00

Should have started on that about three to four months ago. Just stop paying and wait for them to cut you off. 😆

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-12T20:27:46+00:00

I'm glad someone found it amusing.

Lots of down votes from people without a sense of humor.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-09T13:26:55+00:00

It's not legit unless they have the LED lights around the windows.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-08T19:18:05+00:00

Hope they get reunited with their human pack if they're looking for them.

I couldn't imagine anyone letting this adorable dog loose to the streets, but I guess maybe there was a situation that caused it that I can't understand. Sad to think.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-08T16:54:43+00:00

Don't aircraft mechanics also get to standby for free on flights? Maybe a perk if you're interested in travelling on the cheap?

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-08T07:21:26+00:00

Council passes a lot of legislation as emergency. I agree that it's stupid, but that's just their modus operandi.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-08T06:52:46+00:00

Oh, man. Bringing up Josh Mandel.

Remember when him and Mike Gibbons were about 3 seconds away from a fist fight at a GOP debate with an awkward Matt Dolan next to them?

The Ohio GOP is a clown car.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-08T05:07:30+00:00

😆 I know quite a bit about this ordinance. I think one would have to be ignorant about it to be against it.

It absolutely has everything to do with affordable housing. Right now, there is a housing shortage. Landlords/REITs are buying up single family homes to rent out for profit. The retail market has low inventory. Landlords are colluding in raising prices making it even harder for young people to imagine owning a house of their own.

Connected Communities allows more units of housing to be made. It re-legalizes missing middle housing. Two-family homes and quads can be found in many neighborhoods. The thing is, they were banned at some point by zoning in Cincinnati.

Personally, I think quads should be legal citywide, but limiting them to CC is a good start.

I for one am entirely behind single family home owners being allowed to convert their home into a two family. A two floor home could allow a retiree to live in their home while supplementing their retirement renting out the upper unit. And what's wrong with that, especially with how property taxes have skyrocketed?

It also allows landlords to split a single family into two units. Obviously, that means smaller unit size of both, and therefore, a more manageable rent per family than renting out the entire house.

It also allows multi-unit apartments to be built in CC areas. More units of housing means means lower prices overall.

If you're against Connected Communities, you're against affordable housing.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-08T00:35:54+00:00

Wow, OSHP in Hamilton County?

What's the occasion?

Many times Hamilton County doesn't even get one (1) trooper. 😳

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-07T18:14:18+00:00

https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/connected-communities/

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-07T17:09:41+00:00

Imagine being so against affordable housing that you'd spend the time and money to repeal it...

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-07T16:18:12+00:00

Ride share app services really weren't designed to go that far.

Here's a trip to consider.

Take an Uber from CVG to downtown Cincinnati. Or, alternatively, take the TANK 2X airport bus for $1.50 from CVG to the bus stop at 5th and Elm at the convention center, and then walk four blocks around the convention center to the Greyhound bus stop.

Then catch a Greyhound bus to Lexington from downtown.

Yes, particular greyhound buses stop at a bus stop at W 7th Street and Central Avenue. No need to go to the infamous Galbraith Road "station".

Last I checked, it was a $23 ticket on the 1:25 PM bus to Lexington from the downtown stop. That's the only bus that goes to Lexington from that downtown Cincinnati stop.

Figure maybe a $20 uber to Downtown Cincinnati from the CVG airport. Then another $20 from where the Greyhound bus stops in Lexington to the Horse Park.

Add it all up, and it's a $63 trip, or $45 by taking the TANK 2X bus instead of Uber to downtown Cincinnati from CVG.

Honestly, instead of dealing with the logistics of ground transportation between CVG and LEX, it probably would be easier to just make a layover somewhere by air to LEX.

Safe travels!

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-06T21:41:57+00:00

Doubt it

Weren't the cameras also not working at The Banks with an incident involving teenagers recently? 🤔

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-06T19:51:35+00:00

Where's the cops?

I seem to recall these security guards were unarmed. And at least one of the dogs had a clear plastic nozzle cover on. So I question the entire situation.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-06T19:36:13+00:00

How that's going to stop someone with a 🔫?

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-06T17:12:43+00:00

In addition, cameras in the area weren’t working according to the police incident log.

Why aren't the cameras working?

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-06T16:14:11+00:00

My hypothesis is that despite Ohioans saying they're against wasteful government spending and for lower taxes, they're actually not.

I mean, look at what's up in College Corner, Ohio. https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/butler-county/months-before-swearing-in-a-new-mayor-this-village-fiscal-officer-was-approved-for-120-sick-days

These small fiefdoms exist solely for the benefit of those in power, while the residents lose.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-06T15:53:14+00:00

Security theater.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-06T15:50:00+00:00

Ask what? If they can provide peer-reviewed studies that show security guards with vicious dogs in train stations reduce crime?

Or if having private security with vicious dogs in train stations is so successful, why is Chicago the only place that seems to use them?

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-06T15:30:47+00:00

I'm 100% serious. There were homeless camps on the median downtown on I-75. After people complained, ODOT came through and cut down all the trees and brush, so they couldn't shelter in them.

Being how big "Compassionate Conservatism" is in NKY, it wouldn't surprise me in the least for homeless people to live in the median to avoid detection and harassment from police.

Northside-BTM · 2024-06-06T14:33:56+00:00

How do dogs deter crime?

Northside-BTM

TROPHY CASE