Can the Akron Rubber Ducks Swim with Ohio's Best Minor League Baseball Franchises?
The Midwest is full of great minor league baseball and excellent ballpark experiences. Some, like Dayton and Toledo, are beacons of...
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Why Are Hotels Cozying Up to Major League Ballparks?
By Roger Weber Take me out to the ballgame…and let’s stay the night. So is the new mantra of Major League Baseball. After a period...
Is St. Louis America's Greatest City?
Months ago we published the results from a study we conducted trying to find the “unicorn city”: the city that best balances attributes...
Why did Intel Pick Ohio to Build One of the World's Largest Semiconductor Factories?
It’s hardly news to the residents of central Ohio, where it has been splashed across the front pages for weeks, but Intel recently...
The Cleveland Indians/Guardians botched their name change
When the ownership of the Cleveland Indians decided to change the team’s name a few years ago, the opportunity presented them a...
Do Any Big Cities Vote Politically Conservative?
Although cities notoriously lean left in America, with Republican voter concentrations predominating in more rural and suburban locales,...
Why Most People Drive when They Could Take Transit
One of the most popular terms in planning is “automobile dependence”. The premise asserts that most people in most places in the United...
Finding the Unicorn: The Quest for America's Most Balanced City
What's would make the perfect city? It would be: Culturally rich, with top education institutions, medical centers, Fortune 500...
Which US Cities Have the Biggest Downtowns?
Among its many inventions, one of America's most interesting gifts to the rest of the world was its invention of the modern maga-city...
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