Will Columbus become largest Ohio metro? (Cleveland, Cincinnati: stores, authority, commuter)

[midwest1]

Originally Posted by BRNorth

Question: What does this CBD metroplex region stand for? All I can think of when I read that is central business district.

C for Cincinnati
B for Butler (Hamilton and Middletown, which were a top 100 metro before the census added the cities to the Cincy metro, and both are in major revitalization mode)
and
D for Dayton.

And yes, it is America's CentralBusinessDistrict

[midwest1]

And just to highlight the rise of the B (and Warren County) in relation to the C and D.

Here is the ratio of Butler/Warren counties population to the core counties of Hamilton (Cincy) and Montgomery (Dayton)

B&W/H B&W/M

1960 30.6% 50.2%
1980 35.8% 62.1%
2000 58.1% 87.9%
2021 77.1% 119.0%

Think the trend is rather obvious.

[woxyroxme]

Originally Posted by BRNorth

Question: What does this CBD metroplex region stand for? All I can think of when I read that is central business district.

It’s actually Cannabidiol

Funny how Dayton and Springfield are separate metros but yeah it’s only one person that ever mentions that fabrication of a metroplex.

[PerryMason614]

Originally Posted by jbcmh81

How dare anyone question the population multiplier that is a suburban gas station.

This whole subject of the gas station wars is what made me jump in. Some butt hurt Cincinnatian whining about Columbus's growth? That's okay honey. You can take pride in the fact that Cincinnati is the largest metro in Kentucky.

And don't forget, we even win in the gas station wars. Sheetz and Casey's both came here before they even thought about Cincinnati, though Casey's is only in London. Sheetz and Wawa are both considered in the same peer group. Some of the top C-stores in the country

Casey's is known for great pizza and it is in their home territory. I've had it there. It's great for what it is. I can't say I've been impressed with their pizza here in Ohio.

[woxyroxme]

No such thing as CBD. No such thing as CBD. No such thing as CBD…

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news...On5DRe5KWENjO/

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by woxyroxme

No such thing as CBD. No such thing as CBD. No such thing as CBD…

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news...On5DRe5KWENjO/

The article is a few years old, but I doubt there's been significant change since then.

Joe Hinson, the president and CEO of the West Chester Liberty chamber, in the fast-growing area of southeast Butler County, is a strong advocate of a combined MSA. He was disappointed to learn such a merger, which would be based on commuter and workforce factors, isn’t as close as was earlier thought.

The federal government “set a criteria that is established where either 25 percent of the Dayton workforce has to be from the Cincinnati market or 25 percent of the total eligible workforce from Dayton has to be driving and working in Cincinnati. And neither of those opportunities adds up to the 25 percent,” Hinson said.

“The first one I gave you was 6 percent, and the other one is 4 percent,” he said.

Ouch! I would've expected better than that given all the rhetoric about how Cin-Day has been a done deal for years already. There seems to be very little actual worker exchange between the 2 metros, which makes logical sense given they are both strong pulls for their respective areas, but not necessarily from each other.

[sheena12]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Same here. I'm a Pennsylvanian that loves getaways to Ohio and am enjoying learning more about both Columbus and Cleveland from the squawking of the homers.

OK well, I'm a New Yorker (seventh generation) who loves actual cities and knows one when she sees one.

Back home, Buffalo, Rochester and Albany feel like cities. I am comparing them to NYC of course.

Here in Ohio? Only Cleveland seems like a real City. Artistic, has a nice skyline, Pro Sports and less emphasis on college sports, which in a broad sense, is a country-suburban thing anyway, Love of the arts, Second Best Art Museum in the United States, more mass transit, lots of interesting neighborhoods, great variety of ethnic foods, and fine dining - some overlap there - it doesn't shut down at 9PM, amazing park system!

PS Columbus feels like a "College Town" to me. Nice, but it has that feel. Nice to visit, but I have no really urgent or compelling need to return.

[TheProf]

Originally Posted by sheena12

OK well, I'm a New Yorker (seventh generation) who loves actual cities and knows one when she sees one.

Back home, Buffalo, Rochester and Albany feel like cities. I am comparing them to NYC of course.

Here in Ohio? Only Cleveland seems like a real City. Artistic, has a nice skyline, Pro Sports and less emphasis on college sports, which in a broad sense, is a country-suburban thing anyway, Love of the arts, Second Best Art Museum in the United States, more mass transit, lots of interesting neighborhoods, great variety of ethnic foods, and fine dining - some overlap there - it doesn't shut down at 9PM, amazing park system!

PS Columbus feels like a "College Town" to me. Nice, but it has that feel. Nice to visit, but I have no really urgent or compelling need to return.

Excellent! This post hits the nail on the head.

[TomJones123]

Originally Posted by sheena12

PS Columbus feels like a "College Town" to me. Nice, but it has that feel. Nice to visit, but I have no really urgent or compelling need to return.

Thtas cause it is a college town.

[PerryMason614]

Originally Posted by sheena12

OK well, I'm a New Yorker (seventh generation) who loves actual cities and knows one when she sees one.

Nice to visit, but I have no really urgent or compelling need to return.

Most people would say the same thing about Buffalo. All of you urbo-philes or on the losing end of this measure. People are voting with their feet. They like places like Columbus better than your "urban" areas