tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782792124434572025.post3240243836149114361..comments2007-12-02T23:54:37.692-05:00CityKinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068481950069401281noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782792124434572025.post-3897983167233071412007-12-02T23:54:00.000-05:002007-12-02T23:54:00.000-05:00I agree with both of the above comments.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I was re-reading my post, and I realized a lot of my comments wer about Joel Kotkin in general, and not about this current opinion piece he wrote. I was in a hurry Friday afternoon when I wrote it, so my response wasn't very coherent. <BR/><BR/>Generally I agree with Kotkin on this particular issue, which is that cities should strive to attract more families. However, if you read if you read him often, as I have, you will find that all of his examples of successful cities follow a more suburban model, such as newer southern cities and midwestern cities such as Indianapolis. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I would like to discuss in more depth the things cities need to do to attract families. Maybe tommorowMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068481950069401281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782792124434572025.post-6996822659506559012007-12-02T08:37:00.000-05:002007-12-02T08:37:00.000-05:00I don't know. I think Cincinnati has done a poor job of preserving green space downtown. Even New York has Central Park with it's monster playground and Boston has it's Commons.<BR/><BR/>I think you misunderstand him. I think what he's describing is an urban area with all the "conveniences" of the suburbs. You certainly can't claim Cincinnati has those. Folks with money are too afraid to shop at the one Kroger downtown. But like New York or a larger city, there's no grocery delivery or even an a single upscale shop. Several, but not a one-stop. So people commute to the nearest suburbs to shop which kind of defeats the purpose of living downtown if you're sending your dollars outside where you live.<BR/><BR/>Our City Council and County Commission are very short-sighted. They have this trickle down theory that if they build for the rich, the poor will automatically get jobs as their maids or something. The need to focus on fostering all sorts of business, not just big business so that people at all income levels feel welcome, safe and productive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782792124434572025.post-90588830582450708592007-12-01T13:39:00.000-05:002007-12-01T13:39:00.000-05:00"They worry their own kids won't return after college."<BR/><BR/>It is interesting to contrast this parental concern (an established person in a community) with their adult child perceptions (not yet established). <BR/><BR/>Consider the "magnets", the forces of attraction and repulsion, these adult children consciously or unconsciously contemplate as they balance their goals with emerging and tumultuous economic systems.davenoreply@blogger.com