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The Crowne Plaza. I spent a few hours both before and after the game going around the city. I'll post my ticket if you really don't believe me mr. internet tough guy.Comment -
Wow you must be special making 6 figs coming outta college, I think your full of shit but so be it cause your nose is growing. Even at 6 figs uncle same gets 30 ish which leaves you with around 4k a month once you factor in your portfolio and insurance, less mortgage and your still living very modest. Still not a great income just middle class.Comment -
I'm actually going to working in Las Vegas on the strip. I train for 7 weeks in NYC first and then fly out around August 1st. I'm working as an account manager in a restaurant performance management company.
You are damn right about the tough to get a job part. Last year only 22% of graduating seniors had a job by graduation nationally.Comment -
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6 figures for a 22 year old kid is fukkin amazing. That's not middle class....
My dad made 70 gs per year running his store when I was growing up with 4 brothers and sisters and my mom. And we had a very nice house, although it was still in Detroit. We always feasted everyday, never any problems with any utilities, always had top notch stuff when it came out (tvs, computers, etc).
- He's only supporting himself. 6 figures is a shit ton. My dad supported 7 people on 70 gs and we lived middle class.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
That's the picture I took when I got to Cleveland at 4 AM.Comment -
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Yeah I wish my dad could afford to send me to private schools. I went to the worst fukkin schools, but still graduated with straight A's while blazin all day
Don't forget though Will is just supporting himself so 6 figures is a great start, can't ask for much more.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
Williams, i apologize for calling you "stupid hillbilly", you're not stupid, you just ignorant. Now meet some Clevelanders:
Say hello to
John Heisman
Paul Newman
Bob Hope
John D. Rockefeller
Drew Carey
Halle Berry
President James A Garfield
Arsenio Hall
Patricia Heaton
Don King
Henry Mancini
Jesse Owens
Eliot Ness
George Stephanopolous
Joe Walsh
Cy Young
Tom Hanks (Born in California, calls himself Clevelander)
Thomas Edison
Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster "The SUPERMAN"
George Steinbrenner III
Would you like some more names Williams?Last edited by pronk; 05-15-10, 11:36 AM.Comment -
This year Cleveland takes the top spot in our third annual ranking of America's Most Miserable Cities. Cleveland secured the position thanks to its high unemployment, high taxes, lousy weather, corruption by public officials and crummy sports teams (Cavaliers of the NBA excepted).
Misery was on the rise around the country last year. Sure the stock market was up big, but so were unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcy filings. Meanwhile housing prices, the U.S. dollar and approval ratings for Congress continued their downward spiral.
The widely tracked Misery Index initiated by economist Arthur Okun, which combines unemployment and inflation rates started 2009 at 7.3 and rose to 12.7 by the end of the year thanks to soaring joblessness. That is the highest level since 1983.
Our Misery Measure takes into account unemployment, as well as eight other issues that cause people anguish. The metrics include taxes (both sales and income), commute times, violent crime and how its pro sports teams have fared over the past two years. We also factored in two indexes put together by Portland, Ore., researcher Bert Sperling that gauge weather and Superfund pollution sites. Lastly we considered corruption based on convictions of public officials in each area as tracked by the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice.
We expanded the list of cities under consideration this year to include the 200 largest metropolitan statistical areas (in years past we've examined 150), which led to a shuffling in the ranks. Any area with a population of more than 245,000 was eligible.
Cleveland nabbed the top spot as a result of poor ratings across the board. It was the only city that fell in the bottom half of the rankings in all nine categories. Many residents are heading for greener pastures. There has been a net migration out of the Cleveland metro area of 71,000 people over the past five years. Population for the city itself has been on a steady decline and is now less than half of it what it was 50 years ago.
Cleveland ranked near the bottom when looking at corruption. Northern Ohio has seen 309 public officials convicted of crimes over the past 10 years according to the Justice Department. A current FBI investigation of public officials in Cuyahoga County (where Cleveland is located) has ensnared more than two dozen government employees and businessmen on charges including bribery, fraud and tax evasion.
On the housing front Cleveland is dealing with thousands of abandoned homes. The city contributed to its foreclosure problem by providing down payments to many people that could not afford homes through the federally funded Afford-A-Home program. Cleveland led by Mayor Frank Jackson sued 21 large investment banks in 2008 who he felt were complicit in the subprime and foreclosure crisis that hit Cleveland hard. A federal judge dismissed the suit last year, but the city is appealing the ruling.
A 19% decline in foreclosures last year is possibly a glimmer of hope that the housing situation is starting to improve, although Cleveland still ranks in the top third of all metros for foreclosure rates according to RealtyTrac, an online marketer of foreclosed property. Cleveland and Cuyahoga County were awarded $41 million last month from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This money will go towards demolition of homes, foreclosure prevention and the rehabilitation of homes.
There are certainly bright spots in Cleveland. Downtown has experienced a revival over the past 15 years helped in part by the construction of three new sports venues for the city's NFL, NBA and baseball teams. The Cleveland Clinic is one of the top medical centers in the U.S. and the largest employer in northeast Ohio.
Mayor Jackson's chief of staff Ken Silliman calls 2010 a very exciting year for Cleveland. He points to three projects in development for the city. The first is the Cleveland Medical Mart which is a convention center that targets the medical and health care industries. Next is a casino plan. In November Ohio voters approved casinos in four cities, and Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is leading a group that hopes to have a Cleveland casino up and running in three years. Lastly is the Flats East Bank project, which ran into funding issues during the financial crisis. The waterfront development will include an office tower, hotel and space for retail and dining.
"Clevelanders over the years have developed a tenacity to deal with these kinds of situations, and we are very aggressive in attempting to solve our problems rather than awaiting someone else's solutions," says Silliman.Comment -
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