"Can Ohio's big cities be saved?"

The seven biggest cities in the state of Ohio are dissected in an eight part special report in The Columbus Dispatch this week called "On the BRINK - Can Ohio's big cities be saved" written by Mark Niquette, Alan Johnson and Joe Hallett.

I wrote about the series on my other blog ColumbusBestBlog.com today in Blame "Sex and the City"  after listening to an audio comment from an urban-policy expert, Bruce Katz  of the Brookings Institute.  The comment is the On The Web part of the story inspired the idea that popular culture (TV) has shaped demand for  cool, dense, urban areas by today's young adults. TV shows including HBO's "Sex and the City"... it's a Viral Idea, shaped by popular culture including TV according to Katz. 

In "FINDINGS" on the front page of the Sunday December 2, 2007,  Columbus Dispatch said of Ohio's big cities: 

• "Except for Columbus, Ohio's big cites have endured vast population and job losses, but now city leaders realize the glory days are not coming back."

I'd be interested to know from people who live in Ohio's six other big cities, Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland,  Dayton, Toledo and Youngstown or the suburbs near those cities, how they feel the Columbus Dispatch series reflects their community. I believe they are going to do a city each day... with Columbus next Sunday?  

The Monday installment  in the Columbus Dispatch series is about Cleveland Ohio. 

Great graphics about Cleveland employment, population, etc.

Maybe because I sell real estate primarily along the north outer belt in Columbus I was struck by a young Cleveland woman's comment about moving to the suburbs to raise a family, in the future.