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 [...]
We hope 2010 is as big as the USS Akron airship.
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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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I have spent a great deal of time in Akron. I have worked in Akron, I have had fun in Akron, I have dreamt of Akron.
Reason to love Akron #135: the possibility of seeing a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer dance to your out-of-town friends’ band at 11:30 p.m. on a Sunday night at a local bar.
We all know it and smell it. And some of us even love it.
Akron and Ohio have so much going for them. It is time to take pride in where we live. Take it from a new-comer who is happy and proud to be back in the Midwest as an Akron resident in the great Buckeye State.
In 1916, Harvey Firestone embarked on creating a neighborhood with tree-lined boulevards curved around a central park to accommodate his growing work force. He saw many families of different income levels living together in diverse styles of homes. He saw churches, schools and stores within walking distance…
To be an Akronite means a lot of things to a lot of people. For me it simply means Luigi’s, Crest Bakery, Mary Coyle, The Peanut Shoppe, The Christmas Tree Festival at Quaker Square, Café Momus, Dontino’s, Thursday’s, the Odd Corner and of course Akron U.