He is a pussy for being a nice guy? I don't buy it. I want the Cubs to stay in Wrigley.

He isn't a nice guy. He's just smart enough to understand what he has in Wrigley Field and what a dumb ass idea moving to Schaumburg is. And it would never be taken seriously by anyone except meatball Cub fans who call in to radio shows and post on message boards.

Ricketts has fucked this thing up from the beginning. He had big time leverage that he threw away because he isn't a shrewd businessman. Little Tommy should have asked his Dad to handle this situation.

It is an incredible pain in the rear to get to Wrigley. And yet, I would see a lot less games if they moved somewhere else. I am with Jorr on this.

If you hate Laurence, then don't listen - don't comment. When he co-hosts the B&B show, take that day off ... listen to an old podcast of a Bernstein solo show and jerk off all day.

Big cities are dying a slow death & are losing population & businesses to the suburbs.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Wrong.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304830704577493032619987956

What leverage did he have? The idiotic idea of walking away from the biggest cash cow in the history of baseball? That would be really shrewd. I guess he could have made some empty threats. The problem with that is that others then have the opportunity to tell you to go fuck yourself. Then where are you?

Wrong.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304830704577493032619987956

Did you read the article that you posted? You cant just ignore the long term recent trend of negative growth in urban areas. As the article states..."In the short term, however, most of this is a legacy of the recession and housing bust, said Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. "I suspect the modest growth of the urban cores is a short-term phenomenon," Mr. Johnson said.

According to Census data released Thursday, in 27 of the nation's 51 largest metropolitan areas, city centers grew faster than suburbs between July 2010 and July 2011. By contrast, from 2000 to 2010 only five metro areas saw their cores grow faster than the surrounding suburbs.

Viewed as a whole, U.S. suburbs have grown faster than city centers in every decade since the 1920s, when rising automobile ownership inspired Americans to begin fleeing cramped city quarters for leafy suburbs, said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution. Urban population growth accelerated markedly at the end of the last decade, he added.

Home builders are betting that there is a longer-term shift under way. Many builders that previously worked entirely on single-family homes in the suburbs have refocused to keep up with what they say is a change in demand. Three of the largest publicly traded U.S. home-building companies— Toll Brothers Inc., TOL -0.85% Lennar Corp. LEN -0.83% and Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. HOV -1.20% —have in recent years built mid-rise and high-rise condominium towers in urban areas such as New York City, Northern New Jersey, Philadelphia and Irvine, Calif., looking to capitalize on consumers' rising distaste for long commute times and interest in housing that is closer to cities' cultural and job centers.

Few places have seen a more drastic shift than the nation's capital, which is in the midst of an apartment boom while suburb development has fallen below pre-recession levels. In 2011 building permits were issued for 4,285 units in Washington, more than one and a half times the total in any year during the real estate boom.From July 2010 to July 2011 Washington's population grew 2.4%, while its suburbs grew 1.5%.

Stanley Sloter, president of Paradigm Development Co., has built thousands of rental apartments in Washington's suburbs but today is focused on developing in the city and nearby Arlington, Va. He says young, affluent renters are fed up with suburban traffic and are drawn to revitalizing downtowns. His company recently finished a 390-unit apartment building one mile north of the National Mall and later this year plans to start on another nearby.

"There's just a constant level of demand," he said of the city.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Big cities are dying a slow death & are losing population & businesses to the suburbs.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I think Ive figured out Scorehead

He makes a decision for himself. Then he goes around telling anyone who will listen that EVERYONE is doing the same thing, presumably to feel better about his decision.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I think Ive figured out Scorehead

He makes a decision for himself. Then he goes around telling anyone who will listen that EVERYONE is doing the same thing, presumably to feel better about his decision.


He's not comfortable on an island. He needs others. Many people fit this description.

He isn't a nice guy.

Im pretty hammered right now.

I think Ive figured out Scorehead

He makes a decision for himself. Then he goes around telling anyone who will listen that EVERYONE is doing the same thing, presumably to feel better about his decision.


He's not comfortable on an island. He needs others. Many people fit this description.

Don't get me wrong: there's nothing wrong with suburbs. I grew up in the suburbs. I love the suburbs. But Arlington Heights is not a replacement for Chicago. I don't like the idea of existing wholly within a great big nowhere.

He's kind of right though in this case.

It's been like an 80 or 90 year trend out of the cities. It's been a slow 4 or 5 year trend in the opposite direction especially in Chicago.

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 1984 12:53 pm

Abandoning cities is not progress.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I've not heard anybody say that he isn't a nice guy. I think the general consensus is that he is a very nice guy.

Although it's undoubtedly much easier to be nice when you never have to worry about paying your rent.

Im pretty hammered right now.

Why do I click on these threads?