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CNNMoney.com’s 100 Best Cities in the US (smaller cities) includes Westerville at number 46 and Gahanna at number 96. 

Westerville - number 46 in the 100 Best Cities in the US

Gahanna - number 96 in the 100 Best Cities in the US

Congratulations Gahanna and Westerville! 

Blacklick Estates   is on another CNNMoney.com list ”Best places to live,  Where homes are affordable”, this is a list of 25 homes, first in the list is a Cinci suburb, there’s at least one Cleveland suburb…

According to CNNMoney.com:

“Blacklick Estates provides a pastoral setting with good schools nearby and a number of activities within walking distance.”

I am not sure I knew that Blacklick Estates (down near Reynoldsburg and Brice?)  was a city.   I was there about a decade ago.  I believe I thought Blacklick Estates was a neighborhood. It’s not a city… according to Wikipedia:

“Blacklick Estates is an unincorporated census-designated place in Franklin County, partly in Madison Township and partly in Truro Township. As of the 2000 census, the population was 9,518.

The pricing provided by CNNMoney.com seems to be from Trulia, I can’t tell from the Trulia Map that pops up where Blacklick Estates is, it must be there among the houses marked in Pickerington, Reynoldburg, Brice etc. If you click on “Look for homes for sale”, Trulia pops up.

Median family income: $59,172
Median home price (2006): $83,480″

There are other Ohio cities … or maybe they are ”unincorporated census-designated places”  on the “Best places to live,  Where homes are affordable”  list.  Oh this is a list of e “places” not necessarily cities.  Bellevue Ohio looks gorgeous…

I work in Gahanna and Westerville.  I do not work in Blacklick Estates… too far away… 

Mason near Cinci and  Twinsburg and at least one other Cleveland area suburbs are on the list of 100  Top Small Cities, as is Beavercreek near Dayton.    

There is a list of the 10 Best Big Cities, Chicago, California Cities, Philadelphia ….Thanks to Kaye Thomas in Southern California for bringing the lists to my attention via a blog on ActiveRain.

This one is from Elaine Reese of Reese’s Pieces of Real Estate.

This one I did but the photos are from Chelsea Hamilton of Real Living HER, our company event co-ordinator. This is about the rock stars of BlogTour .. Rudy, Joe, Deb Simons and the rest of the ladies from Real Living Title who sponsored the cook-out… my bosses at Real Living HER (brown nosing? me not Chelsea) that hosted the local event. Thanks all.

You could get tired of seeing all the pictures of the RV and the logos… but we don’t.

I have been trying to do a slide show with my photos for days and getting no where. The cpation that Joe is throwing his hands up in frustration is just a joke. He must be Italian the way he talks with his hands!

BlogTour USA made the This Week Worthington Community Newspaper this week. Those are the guys talking to Joe and Rudy in one of the pictures in the slide show the reporter is behind Joe… the photographer is between them… probably getting the spelling of Bachraty and Ferrara.

One of the problems I am having with a slide show is who is who. Not Joe and Rudy… not the local bloggers. Just everyone else. I was locked up trying to produce a real time blog for most of the event.

Table Talk Readers Poll

You can vote for:

Best Sushi
Best Barbecue
Best Fine Dining
Best Casual Dining
Best Breakfast
Best Lunch
Best Steak House
Best Seafood
Best New Restaurant
Best Vegetarian Offerings
Best Tavern Food
Best Pizza
Best Italian
Best Chinese
Best Indian
Best Mexican
Best Greek
Best Diner
Best Bagels
Best Subs (Sandwiches)
Best Desserts
Best Burritos
Best Salads
Best Soups
Best Burgers
Best Ice Cream Parlor
Best Coffee House
Best Patio
Best Overall

in the online poll for This Week Community Newspapers.

I know most of the answers… but not Best Sushi or Best Vegetarian. OK my answers are just my opinions.

August 3, 2007 deadline, there is an online form. Vote for 20 of 29 categories and you could win a $50 gift certificate to your favorite restaurant from This Week Community Newspapers.

I was so busy getting ready for BlogTour USA I’ve neglected this blog but will try to catch up.

The bus (RV) was here! They were at Goodale Park, they were at the North Market, they tried going to Real Living HER’s office on Nationwide Blvd but luckily someone sent them up to Worthington!

The BlogTour USA guys (Sellsius Real Estate Blog) were in Worthington at Real Living HER and then at Amanos (Worthington Mall) and then at Taste of Worthington… did they make it back to the North Market for the Wine Festival? Did they sleep in Upper Arlington? Worthington probably monopolized their time in Columbus!

BlogTour UAS is off to Ann Arbor today… the official itinerary says Detroit but they are meeting real estate bloggers Missy Caulk and Maureen Francis in Ann Arbor. Can you believe Columbus Ohio to Ann Arbor?

Ironic?

Or what?

Non real estate bloggers….Tina of Green Buckeye and a new blogger to me, Jonathan of DCS-Media were at the event in Worthington. Local real estate bloggers, Joe Peffer of Columbus Homes, Sondra Johnson of Columbus Real Estate Voice, Eric and Nikki Ransom of Real Estate Laundry, Elaine Reese of Reese’s Pieces of Real Estate and Toby and SADIE Boyce of Sadie’s Take on Delaware Ohio were there. Teri Lussier of TheBrickRanch was the one who came the longest disctance for the cook-out from Huber Heights Ohio.

Or I guess the boys on the bus are from NYC… so they came the longest distance to Columbus.

Was there anyone else there at the event that I missed?

Some bloggers who RSVP’d were no shows…. Oh well stuff comes up.

I will post more pictures, links later… Or a slide show would be good….

Blog Tour USA recaps with photos on ActiveRain Real Estate Network. ActiveRain is a sponsor of the BlogTour USA as is Real Living… (not Real Living HER… Real Living HER Worthington just hosted the Columbus event… thanks Tom Holcombe and RL- HER- WO, thanks Deb Simons, thanks Real Living Title, thanks Chicago Title)

Blog Tour USA in Columbus - one of these blogs has a great photo of Tina of The Green Buckeye talking to Rudy of BlogTour USA.

BlogTour USA was a big hit in Worthington

The Bus Stopped in Columbus BlogTour USA

Columbus Real Estate Bloggers

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From someplace in North Carolina Rudy of Sellsius Blog and more recently BlogTour USA gazes into the ash tray at a Waffle House and then into the spoon.

Last fall…The Sellsius° Real Estate Blog guys did an experiment. Rudy wrote about it on ActiveRain afterward (he wrote about it on Sellsius Blog of course… I just can’t find it there) In a Blogging Experiment of Matrix Proportions:

“”Some of you may have noticed that we have not written a single post or commented anywhere in the blogosphere for the last 7 days. Why? That’s a good question. Are we crazy? Some may think so. Unfortunately, we’re not. Well maybe just a little.”

I saw only the first Matrix movie. It went way over my head but is this summer BlogTour USA an experiment in dropping in rather than dropping out?

Back to why Columbus has the best Waffle Houses. I like Waffle House. I think I first met Waffle House on a trip from Ohio to Florida. The Waffle House on 161 at 71 is great for people watching… pretty much the same for the Waffle House at Westerville Rd and 270… near 161? I have not ate at the Waffle House at Roberts Road and 270 in years but I am sure it is colorful. There’s at least one Waffle House in Grove City.

The Waffle House at Polaris is tame in comparison to most but it is the closest for me. Less drunks, less strippers. Heck maybe no strippers. Probably five years ago now I visited the Waffle House at 161 and 71 right in front of a “Gentlemans Club”? in the middle of the night. Interesting clientele. All Waffle House visits are measured against that Waffle House visit for entertainment value.

Usually I bring a book when I visit the Waffle House at Polaris in the middle of the night. One Waffle House Polaris visit I did not need a book because there was a diverse group. One fella sat at my table and talked to me for awhile, showed me where he was missing teeth. Other times at the Polaris Waffle House I have needed my book because there is a smaller, quieter, more reserved group of diners in the middle of the night. Or I am the clientele

The nice thing to me about all Columbus Waffle Houses for the last couple of years is that there are not ashtrays on the tables… so I noticed the ashtray pictures on the BlogTour USA entry right away. That must go for all Ohio Waffle Houses now…. as small as the average Waffle House is you would always come out stinking of cigarettes in the old days. Always good people watching but you paid the price.

Sellsius Real Estate Blog - The Spoon last fall….think about the BlogTour USA, is it just another experiment? This time rather than withdrawing from the world they are immersing themselves in the world… In July if you see two men and a video camera in a Waffle House (or a Panera Bread, or a Mexican restauarant… lots of places….) say hi to Joe and Rudy.

More on BlogTour USA’s visit to Central Ohio this Friday….

Bert and Ernie BlogTour USA

BlogTour USA the movie

“the bus stops here”

BlogTour USA

Worthington - The Bus Stops Here

West of Columbus? Coming to a city near you soon… check the BlogTour USA site for stops in Detroit Michigan, Chicago, Minneapolis - St. Paul, Denver…. good people watching.