Comments on CityKin: I'm not Anti-Downtown, I'm Pro-Urban-Neighborhood

@quim "Nobody is going to get anywhere having the ...

2008-11-17T17:27:00.000-05:00

@quim "Nobody is going to get anywhere having the "best" Wendy's."

True only to a point. I will drive to Oakley for Skyline, because they have the best soft drinks. They serve Coke as well as the P-word. I imagine b/c they are down the street from the Coke bottling plant.

No... I am NOT obsessive!

I like Hyde Park. A lot of what you say about HP i...

2008-11-14T08:52:00.000-05:00

I like Hyde Park. A lot of what you say about HP is true in Northside, too, but you can also buy dope and hookers and get mugged more easily in Northside as well. During the primaries, the Paul signs probably outnumbered any of the other Republicans and quite a few stayed up through the rest of the campaigns. :-)
"I like that our shops can't be found anywhere else."
This is really important for the city and it's neighborhoods. Nobody is going to get anywhere having the "best" Wendy's.
From what I have heard, you guys have a really good farmer's market, too.

@dp, actually I was always amused at definitions o...

2008-11-13T19:21:00.000-05:00

@dp, actually I was always amused at definitions of boundaries. The Old Kilgour is in Mount Lookout. Even Clark Montessori is in Mount Lookout if I remember correctly. But Hyde Park has such currency that it's definition spreads. I think some of the coolest house are in Mount Lookout, especially around Alms.

We have a hard time deciding a short answer to what we live. We are in Mount Auburn, so my new answer is OTR-Near :-).

I've always felt like a little bit of a spy commen...

2008-11-13T09:15:00.000-05:00

I've always felt like a little bit of a spy commenting on this blog, since I live in Mt. Lookout, rather than one of the more "downtown" neighborhoods in the city. I always figured that the Downtown/OTR/Clifton folks would consider HP/MtL as essentially suburban. So I'm happy to see that Mark has been included to represent neighborhoods like ours.

Mark - completely agree with your assessment.

bsherm - In my limited experience (2 years), I've definitely seen a little of the "move east when the kids hit school age" trend - particularly amongst the non-catholics who get a little freaked out about sending the kids to Cincy Public. Admittedly my wife and I were mildly skeptical when we were looking to buy our house as well. Before we did, we took the tour at Kilgour (then in its temp HP location). And while we got a little ribbing ("oh, you're one of those...") when we showed up for the tour with our 6 month old, by the end of the tour, we were totally convinced that this was a wonderful school and 3 months later bought a house within walking distance to the school's permanent location. Unfortunately, I think that many of the "move east-ers" aren't willing to even look.

I miss the walkability of Mount Lookout. We were r...

2008-11-12T08:34:00.000-05:00

I miss the walkability of Mount Lookout. We were right off the square and could walk to Ruthai's, Zips and Bracke's (when it was there). Being only 'OTR-Near' (when will folks start using that like 'Hyde Park-Near') we suffer on the walkability factor.

Are you finding many families around you? We were involved in a non-profit startup over a decade ago, and did the research to discover that families with kids under about 2 were over-represented in the area, and over that were way under-represented. The decade we lived in Mt. Lookout we saw the flow of singles and young couples come in, and young families head east.

One of the best Neighborhood Business Districts in...

2008-11-12T08:32:00.000-05:00

One of the best Neighborhood Business Districts in Cincinnati...not the best, but it's right up there. The neighborhood is great as well. I could see myself retreating to a neighborhood like this when I'm ready to settle down.