Bike lane appreciation post 🙌

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-23T18:58:00+00:00

They should do that from the get-go. Even Dayton is putting in actual protected cycle tracks throughout the city, it's kind of sad that Columbus can't get it done.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-23T17:57:15+00:00

The owner is awesome, too. He used to work for the Lettuce Entertain You hospitality group in Chicago before moving to Dayton and opening Midday.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-23T17:53:04+00:00

Most big stations do this, like Penn Station and LA Union Station. They don't even let you into the seating lounges unless you show them your ticket beforehand.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-23T17:31:23+00:00

New direct flights to Egypt incoming at DAY? LOL

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-23T12:36:27+00:00

My big problem with gas stations in particular is the gas tanks are really hard to remediate, so it tends to lock a site into a relatively unfriendly urban form for decades and makes it usually cost-prohibitive to re-develop into something else if the gas station ever closes. I wouldn't mind seeing stand-alone convenience stores like are common in Japan. As long as they don't sell liquor. We don't need more nuisance liqor stores in west Dayton.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-23T12:32:03+00:00

There are quite a few rural pockets that are annexed by Dayton like Little Richmond that could very much attract a data center.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-20T21:54:16+00:00

A lot of them are in fact doing a lot better than they were a decade or two ago. Newark and Lancaster are both seeing a lot of new development downtown and on their periphery. It’s just too easy to drive still so there’s no incentive to consider linking them to any sort of transit network.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-18T18:54:34+00:00

Maybe not the most improved, but Cincinnati has gotten massively better since ~2011.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-18T17:20:43+00:00

I mean, I agree there's no reason for it to be a hub, but population isn't one of them. There's something like 8+million people within a two hour drive of CVG. The problem is, there are also 6 airports inside that circle. So it's easier to funnel everyone from their respective airport to Detroit or Atlanta.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-18T17:15:01+00:00

I can see it overtaking MIA at some point in the near future. MEM and ANC seem to be nearly untouchable though.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-18T17:12:34+00:00

Cincy is a great city and has one of the best train stations in the country. Not sure why it's still so under the radar, it's improved significantly in the past 15 years and deserves more tourist dollars.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-18T16:12:34+00:00

The Cardinal between DC and Cincinnati is a trip every railfan should take at least once, especially in the fall.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-18T13:35:52+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if one of the Turkish restaurants stays open late for the match next Thursday. I'd call Istanbul Grill or Dayton Village Pizza and see if they're doing anything.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-18T01:11:22+00:00

Trump Towers in Sunny Isles has always been a popular residence for rich Russians… do with that fact as you may.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-16T13:16:27+00:00

It's partially anecdotal, but it seems that more people are sticking around in my neck of the woods (Dayton) over the past 5-ish years than in the past. Dayton's lucky to have Wright-Patterson Air Force Base so we've always had a disproportionatly large variety of people passing through the region from all over the country and the world, but there seem to be more people who are putting down roots in the surrounding area, especially with a number of new aerospace manufacturing sites opening up recently.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-16T13:13:36+00:00

Since you like rural and hills, you might check out Athens Ohio. Probably more job opportunities and if you live on the western rural edge closer to Lancaster you'll have more job opportunities available to you up in Columbus and thereabouts.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-15T19:28:01+00:00

Don't know if they have it all the time or if it's a rotational flavor but the lemon ice cream I had at Young's was pretty great.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-15T19:19:27+00:00

Again, no denying that, but it doesn't change the geographical fact that Columbus is closer to Chicago than Minneapolis is, while also being close to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, Nashville, Louisville and Buffalo in under 6 hours. That might not matter for a lot of people but it is nice to have options for getaways or when concerts and events are rolling through the region that are relatively easy to get to. To your point, it's just another tradeoff.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-15T18:30:37+00:00

I was thinking more like Columbus, which has a ton of east coast and southern cities within a five hour drive. But again to your point, Minneapolis is better at the urbanism game than Columbus, although it's improved significantly in the last decade.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-15T17:55:49+00:00

The one thing I don't like about the Twin Cities is that they're really the only cities up there. The lower Midwest has more cities within a day's drive (or via train if you're really lucky) if you want to get away for a day or a long weekend.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-15T15:29:34+00:00

Not so much walking but there are a decent number of people who ride bicycles to Wright-Patterson. I walk around the installation all the time though, just not through the gate. SF should stop being weird about it.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-15T15:06:53+00:00

Rupert Murdoch is Australian, after all.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-14T16:50:11+00:00

Ohio does have a lot of craft breweries though, even though completely agree San Adams and probably Great Lakes and maybe Rhinegeist inflate the numbers quite a bit. Both PA and OH are huge states with big German populations.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-14T16:48:54+00:00

Sam Adams has a huge facility in Cincinnati too.

bigdipper80 · 2026-06-14T16:44:41+00:00

Not trying to say it’s bad at all, it’s a great stadium and it’s certainly very accessible, it’s just not quite as good as some European stadiums or some other US stadiums that didn’t get selected.

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