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- acroyear2, on 08/09/2008, -1/+292Damn, Ohio is *****.
- preban, on 08/09/2008, -3/+115People that don't live here have no idea how bad it is. Ohio is on the brink of becoming a third-world state. People are losing their jobs left and right. I myself have been laid-off 3 times in the last 5 years.
The sad thing is Ohio is experiencing brain drain. All the educated people are leaving. That's not a good sign for the future. I'm trying to leave myself, not much future here. - Hybred1234, on 08/10/2008, -11/+123I ***** hate Forbes.
- tunafizzle, on 08/10/2008, -6/+96Those of you that refuse to give in to the ***** ads (***** you Forbes)
Canton, Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio
Flint, Mich
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Dayton, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Springfield, Mass.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Detroit, Mich.
Charleston, W.Va.
They forgot to add pittsburgh, pa. 2008 population = ~312,000 1950 population = 676,000 thats a 54% drop. And a 26% drop since 1980.... Hell, I left in 2000. - inactive, on 08/10/2008, -10/+97Buried for Forbes.
I refuse to give that ***** terrible site traffic, but I would bet money that this is a ***** slide show like all of their *****. - rukeypoo, on 08/10/2008, -5/+91I ***** hate Forbes's slide show.
- Upon66, on 08/10/2008, -0/+81Dugg for being able to drive to all of those places on a single tank of gas.
- themastersb, on 08/10/2008, -5/+75Buried for Forbes and their automatic slideshow.
- motivatedguy, on 08/10/2008, -2/+66Where is New Orleans? This place was going downhill before Katrina. The storm just sped things up...
- inactive, on 08/10/2008, -23/+87hey Ohio, thanks for letting your corrupt neocon-pet keepers steal the last two presidential elections. how's that working out for you?
- Shiftgood, on 08/10/2008, -6/+67and dont hate gays, blacks mexicans or anything else. Realize we're all in this together so its time to put aside whatever hate you have. Dont litter, and dont call people ***** for trying to take care of the land they live on. Understand that traffic jams suck, but honking your horn and switching lanes like an ***** isnt going to get you anywhere. But above all that...
welcome to california, glad to have you. - orykayd, on 08/09/2008, -0/+52I didn't even have to see the tag line to know it would be Scranton on top. Everyone here knows we're screwed.
- Trael, on 08/10/2008, -6/+56Speaking as an Ohioan who moved to San Jose 2 years ago...
***** Ohio - xxvtcxx, on 08/09/2008, -0/+50So Colbert is gonna finally end his segment of "***** on Canton" with Canton, Ohio!!!
- Seann7656, on 08/10/2008, -1/+50But Scranton has Dunder-Mifflin! They should be fine...
- tastypaste, on 08/10/2008, -1/+45What did Canada ever do to deserve Buffalo?
- swiftheart, on 08/10/2008, -0/+44It's easiest to begin answering that question with when things were good in Ohio. Ohio was an economic behemoth for a significant part of the 20th century. International and domestic migration was pretty heavy from 1900 to 1960 (it was only in the 60s that Ohio was overtaken by California in population.) Cleveland and its metro area were in the top 5 in the US for decades. Dayton was a center of innovation which was unparalleled until Silicon Valley.
Many issues hit, but the root problem is a cultural, political and commercial inertia. This is caused by or exacerbated by the fact that Ohio is full of a lot of small and medium sized cities that are politically powerful. Every politician has his own fiefdom, and rules it with mediocrity. (Chicago might have ended up in the same boat, but it had one powerful leader who pushed the city into a new direction. Illinois is basically Ohio, except it has one big city whereas Ohio has a 3 large ones and several medium sized ones. That's a very complex situation...what can you do with a city of 100,000-200,000 people? Canton, Dayton and Youngstown are just too small to suddenly become something else, though, interestingly enough, Akron was able to reinvent itself. Akron hasn't done a bad job of keeping itself going in spite of the fact that little rubber manufacture goes on there now. )
The commercial interests didn't collaborate with each other and saw no need to innovate. The political interests were just protecting their (dying) turfs. Cities and local governments were competing with each other for the last dying industry they could (for decades Ohio's solution to get jobs was to compete hard with tax incentives. The results of this was a growth of industry which was very price sensitive and therefore flakey.)
Our politicians are beyond mediocre. There simply hasn't been any capable statewide leadership. - dojonz, on 08/10/2008, -3/+41Atlanta, after those darn Russians are done with it.
- Puisapres, on 08/10/2008, -2/+40Why is everyone so shocked by Ohio? Has no one seen the labor documentary "Tommy Boy"?
- acroyear2, on 08/09/2008, -1/+37Pack as little as you can, and move to California. Do some couch surfing, steal some wifi, send out at least 10 resumes a week, and you'll get started in more than a month. Assuming you don't have a family.
- quaxon, on 08/09/2008, -16/+51When i was there last january i thought i was in a third world country.
- Jimmerz, on 08/10/2008, -2/+34Define 'American car'. Hondas are made in the States, Fords are built in Mexico, GMs are built in Canada, Toyotas are built in California. Components for all these cars are made wherever.
- SwedishNinja, on 08/10/2008, -2/+31I guess Ohio isn't for the lovers after all.
- fearlessfx, on 08/10/2008, -0/+29Would you want to spend a tank of gas driving to these places though?
- modelchick8806, on 08/10/2008, -0/+28Sucks for Ohio.
- chaaalieboy, on 08/10/2008, -1/+28Who says Canada would want it?
- darny, on 08/10/2008, -0/+26decline of american manufacturing.
- bcardarella, on 08/10/2008, -0/+24You're right. I apologize. Canada doesn't deserve that. Buffalo should be nuked and paved.
- p014k, on 08/10/2008, -1/+23Of course Detroit is on this list....
- inactive, on 08/10/2008, -1/+23why can't I decide when I want to see the next slide? Even if I turn the slider all the way down it still changes after like 20 seconds.
- WalkerTXclocker, on 08/10/2008, -1/+22Damn! I'm *****!
1st picture - live right across the border from Youngstown in PA
2nd pic - was laid off a few yrs back from Delphi's Warren(right next to Youngstown) plant when they sent wire harness making to Mexico.
Rest of pics - all around PA - where I live.
No wonder I can't catch a break around here. - Telmarine, on 08/10/2008, -1/+22Question: Why are things so bad in Ohio? When did it start?
Just wondering. - kgreen69er, on 08/10/2008, -1/+21Dude, this is a list of bad things.
- humpy, on 08/10/2008, -1/+20Unless the lovers are homeless and like to shoot copious amounts of heroin.
- StillAnonymous, on 08/10/2008, -0/+18And you'd win that bet!
- leighlee, on 08/10/2008, -0/+18At least you guys still have Dunder Mifflin, right?
/sarcasm - Couchy, on 08/10/2008, -0/+18Toronto wants your NFL team, you can keep the city.
- ehejl, on 08/10/2008, -1/+18I always find it funny to see people complain about companies that "don't want to pay a decent wage to the local American workers ", seemingly unaware that this is driven by consumers (read; "everybody") who want to pay bottom dollar for things. Capitalist markets are driven by financial efficiency. Companies exist to turn a profit.
- inactive, on 08/10/2008, -3/+20sorry to hear that buddy. start packing your things and move to Flint, Michigan. i hear it's a little bit better there.
- MatthewDuke, on 08/10/2008, -2/+19Give me a break. A third world country? Where were you in Ohio?
- inactive, on 08/10/2008, -3/+20Because Dubya is responsible for GM ***** SUCKING at coming up with a good and reasonably priced car compared to Honda and Toyota?
We wouldn't HAVE manufacturing problems if the manufacturers in this country were producing good products to begin with - they'd still be desirable worldwide. - cheeseron, on 08/10/2008, -0/+16i hit stop but the damn slideshow keeps going
- inactive, on 08/10/2008, -1/+17I'd like to see a bigger list, like a fastest-dying 50.
- SeekerDarksteel, on 08/10/2008, -3/+18"Why do people live there?"
Skyline Chili. There doesn't need to be any other reason to live there. - juliustan, on 08/10/2008, -0/+15Forbes has one of the worst webpage layouts ever, and their damn slideshow doesnt make it any better.
- FuZi0nDET, on 08/10/2008, -2/+17I hate to break it to you bro, but most of the parts in American cars aren't "American."
- sruffelman, on 08/10/2008, -3/+17I live in Southeast Michigan and I can testify to how bad Detroit and Flint are. The state of Michigan would really like you to buy American cars.
- WalkerTXclocker, on 08/10/2008, -0/+14Ohio was big steel, rubber, automotive state.
Steel - Most is imported from China these days though US just started imposing tariffs on it. Hopefully it will help.
Automotive - Combination of imports and auto industry declining as a whole.
Rubber - Tied to automotive - Tyrghast, on 08/10/2008, -11/+25Dugg for Scranton
- inactive, on 08/10/2008, -0/+13I'll decide when I want the slide to change, thank you very much.
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