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April 4 on PhillySkyline.com

CITYSEARCH, BEST OF COLUMBUS OHIO

Brad of PhillySkyline.com wrote:

“Ummmmmm. Yes, Joe’s Pizza is highly recommended. (Get the Hawaiian; there’s something about the peppers they use.) But uh, Citysearch? What’s up with the picture of the Columbus, Ohio skyline on all the Best Of stickers around town? Yeah, we get it, it’s stock photography, no one notices these things. Except, well, the people who notice these things.

Citysearch is backed by Microsoft. Isn’t the pool of money there deep enough that each city’s Best Of can be, I dunno, unique to that city? I’m sure Columbus, Ohio has some fine pizzerias . . . but I don’t really need to think about them while I’m eating at Joe’s. ”

Do we have a “Joe’s Pizza” in Columbus? We have Papa Joe’s Pizza in Columbus … Searching Citysearch…. in Columbus.. 645 listings for pizza… If any of them changes their name to Joe’s Pizza Citydearch is advertising them in Philadelphia.

Business First Columbus says:

The Greater Columbus area saw its population grow 7 percent from April 2000 to July 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau said.

In a report released Thursday, the bureau said Columbus - growing to 1.72 million from 1.61 million - ranked 32nd in largest numerical gain in population among the nation’s 361 metropolitan areas.

The article goes on to say that Cinci had a 4.7% increase and is the only other Ohio City on the list of growing cities. With 2.1 million people now the Cincinnati area is ranked 41st on the list (largest numerical gain in population of 361 metropolitan areas.)

Still the Cincinnati Post took Cincinnati’s growth as a negative.

It could be worse, according to the Business First Columbus article Cleveland made #2 on the list for cities losing population:

“Cleveland with 34,000 fewer residents. ”

Ouch!

Speaking about this region the Chicago Tribune cleverly said of the Census Bureau statistics:

“Rust for the weary”

“Parts of the Rust Belt had large declines. The Pittsburgh, Pa., metro area led the way, losing 60,000 people from 2000 to 2006. Its population loss was followed by declines in Cleveland, Buffalo, Youngstown, Ohio, and Scranton, Pa.”

Not in Central Ohio? This gets confused. The City of Columbus is the largest city in Ohio. The Cleveland and Cincinnati metro areas are both larger than the Columbus metropolitan area. The census stats are metro areas.

Going un-gourmet for the summer (it’s almost here… it’s snowing on the daffodils now but summer is on it’s way) Lisa at Restaurant Widow is looking for the best burgers… in Ohio and beyond… not chain restaurant burgers… Lisa’s got standards.. visit Lisa’s site and let her know where she and her husband can get a great burger….

Me I have no taste. I am addicted to hamburger chains. You can confess White Castle cravings to me and I won’t bat an eye. Although I am not a fan…. if this was Discover Columbus I’d post a poll… Wendy’s, White Castle, McDonalds or Burger King etc. …

It’s Restaurant Widows second birthday too. Seems mature for two. Great recap of what’s been accomplished in the past year. Happy Birthday Restaurant Widow… keep blogging Lisa.