Comments on: Personal Rant – Why People Do Not Live in Northeast Ohio

By: Dennis Doverspike

Dennis Doverspike — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:07:53 +0000

I still have not figured out the reply function. So, I will leave a comment to my original rant. Actually, this gave me an idea for two new rants, so it is not without value. A very interesting set of responses. To me, the issue of jobs is more complex, so lets discuss that next. Anyway, thanks for all the replies.

By: N. E. Frye

N. E. Frye — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:41:24 +0000

People don’t live in the rust belt because the jobs all went to China, Korea, Pakistan etc. It’s all because of the World Trade Association, which consists largely of a bunch of aphids sucking the juice out of a dying tree. We’re the tree.

If the United States had joined the WTA in the 1920’s Germany would have conquered England and there would be Imperial Japanese Naval bases on our West Coast. If the United States had joined the WTA in the 1840’s the South would have won the Civil war.

By: Renata

Renata — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:11:17 +0000

Tolls in Oklahoma ran us 32.00 per car to cross the state.

By: Lionel Bartram

Lionel Bartram — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:30:42 +0000

Paying $7.25 for a 2-hour drive bothers you? Drive slower.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:05:25 +0000

Please. The Ohio Turnpike is why people don’t live in Northeast Ohio? If that were true, then why isn’t New York vacant?

Blaming the turnpike for a dying area of the country is akin to blaming adult acne for the death of a 95-year-old man.

By: Jef

Jef — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:55:07 +0000

The logic is simple: the Tollroad exists to extort money from people (ie: non-Ohioians) who dont know better because locals would have saved the $14.50 by taking US224 to Findlay then up I75.
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By: TimAsay

TimAsay — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:02:49 +0000

Gee if they started giving free beer on the turnpike I’ll bet more people would move back! Well, at least more people would start travelling through.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:00:25 +0000

THE factor in people not wanting to live in northeast Ohio is………lack of good jobs, period. If Ohio could attract jobs many people would think about moving back, including me!

By: Larry Stimely

Larry Stimely — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:52:39 +0000

People don’t want to live in NE Ohio because the entire state if not the entire Rust Belt continues to be strangled by a blue collar elderly population whose only daily desire is to be fed, clothed, medicated and entertained.

This is about changing the culture and you can’t do that when there are simply too many of those people holding vital assets and making decisions in the region. You have to get rid of them or at least remove them from power and you’re clearly not willing to able to do that…so, to hell with it. We moved west in 1995. Problem solved.