Akron is miserable. Youngstown is less miserable. Canton is more miserable. Cleveland is the most miserable. Well at least the four Northeast Ohio cities are miserable by FORBES standards.
FORBES magazine recently assessed the top 200 US metro areas based on a “Misery Measure” which takes into account unemployment, taxes (both sales and income), commute [...]
More than 285 million people visited national parks and other branches of the National Parks during 2008, up 10 million from the year prior. Thank you Ken Burns! Ohio’s only National Park came in at #8! Here are the top 10 visited National Parks: Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Olympic, Rocky Mountain, Zion, [...]
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We hope 2010 is as big as the USS Akron airship.
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LeBron James played his very first High School basketball game for St. Vincent – St. Mary on this day ten years ago, December 3rd, 1999, against the Cuyahoga Falls Black Tigers.
What will he have accomplished 10 years from now?
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This is what Akron, Ohio sounds like today.
PS- I really like adding videos to this website.
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Gil Mantera’s Party Dream is playing Musica this Saturday 12/5 and Norah Jones will be playing EJ Thomas 3/11/10.
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Akron, Ohio is on top of the list!
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Lock 3’s annual Ice rink, Ohio’s largest outdoor ice rink, is now open for skating. Skates are available to rent for $2. Also this Saturday 11/28 Akron’s version of the Macys’ Balloon Parade will be on Main Street at high noon. NOTE: Falcon Heene will not be attending.
Hours and info: http://www.lock3live.com/familyEvents.aspx
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The following excerpt is from a December 2008 article from GQ on LeBron James. I feel it really captures the essence of how brutal or bleak Northeast Ohio weather can be.
You know what else makes you question things? Waking up in Cleveland, Ohio, and looking north out the window of your Marriott hotel room and [...]