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[Hilltopper]

I've been all over the rust belt, and Akron seems to lack a lot of the severe urban decay that cities like Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and (ugh) Detroit have suffered from.

Nothing against Akron, but if you are comparing Akron to Pittsburgh's urban decay!?!....you have lost your mind. You have obviously not been to Pittsburgh in this decade. Pittsburgh is home to NHL, NFL & MLB, plus Duquesne and the University of Pittsburgh. Consol Energy Center-of the Penguins is brand new, PNC Park, Heinz Field, and the Petersen Event Center are all newer. The Rivers casino is brand new, and is awesome. They have beautiful waterfronts, Duquesne and Monongahela Inclines, Zoo, Aquarium, Conservatory, Botanical Gardens, Station Square and the Stript district. Pittsburgh is the world record holder for bridges (446) within city limits, beating out Venice, Italy, the previous record holder by 3 bridges. I would not lump Pittsburgh in with your urban decay examples.

Maybe you should change your screen name to Dr PittZip!

[UAZipster0305]

I've been all over the rust belt, and Akron seems to lack a lot of the severe urban decay that cities like Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and (ugh) Detroit have suffered from.

Nothing against Akron, but if you are comparing Akron to Pittsburgh's urban decay!?!....you have lost your mind. You have obviously not been to Pittsburgh in this decade. Pittsburgh is home to NHL, NFL & MLB, plus Duquesne and the University of Pittsburgh. Consol Energy Center-of the Penguins is brand new, PNC Park, Heinz Field, and the Petersen Event Center are all newer. The Rivers casino is brand new, and is awesome. They have beautiful waterfronts, Duquesne and Monongahela Inclines, Zoo, Aquarium, Conservatory, Botanical Gardens, Station Square and the Stript district. Pittsburgh is the world record holder for bridges (446) within city limits, beating out Venice, Italy, the previous record holder by 3 bridges. I would not lump Pittsburgh in with your urban decay examples.

Amen, Dr. Z. Take it from someone who has lived there for 6 years, Pittsburgh is awesome. To your list, I'd like to add:

Commercial areas of the southside and the waterfront,

The neighborhoods of Squirrel Hill, Shadyside, Highland Park, and Oakmont (home of Oakmont CC, one of the finest golf courses in the world and host to more major professional tournaments than any other),

The bike trails that go up and down all sides of all the rivers including a trail that goes continuously to Washington DC (www.atatrail.org...I made the ride 3 summers ago),

Highland, Schenley, Frick, and Riverview Parks,

The beautiful campus that is Carnegie Mellon University (I'll be an alum in a month),

The Airmall at PIT airport, which is huge and was built to be a hub for US Airways before they moved to Philadelphia in 2006,

A hub for MegaBus,

New home for a Google campus,

The City of Champions (2 Super Bowls and 1 Stanley Cup with the best player in the NHL in the last 5 years),

No housing bubble in the last recession, and

A national center for healthcare, education, and research.

I would say Akron is second and about 5-10 years behind Pittsburgh in modernizing as one of the nicest and most technologically advanced of the Rust Belt cities.

[ksu sucks]

Woah! LOL. I should have known better than to mention Pittsburgh on zipsnation. Sometimes I forget how many zips fans are yinzers(JK!).

First of all...I love Pittsburgh. It's downtown beats all of the other rust belt cities hands down. But in my opinion, Akron's neighborhoods have held up much better overall. Granted, Pittsburgh has more picturesque architecture...but that sort of comes with the territory when it's about twice the size and older than Akron.

Of course Pittsburgh has more attractions/sports arenas than Akron. I'm not arguing that Akron is more attractive city or even a better city. I'm just saying that Akron seems to have less overall urban decay and abandonment. Don't get me wrong..it's here...just seems less common.

I hope that clears things up.

http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/abandoned,pittsburgh

[Dr Z]

_LeBron Suiting up for the Hawks?

Browns vs Seahawks tickets would be a hot item next Sunday!

[Sergeant Zip]

Scott Raab's W**** of Akron book is all about Lebron... available 11/15. Scott's Blog

[Dr Z]

Lebron Dunks Off The Glass, Ignores Woman Trying to Give Him Hi-Five. Video below (I hope), some of these embeds work, some I have had trouble with. If you can't see the video here, you can see it here.

[johnnyzip84]

Flag Football from the Info?

[tbozeglav]

Knew this was happening today - didnt know it was going down over at the stadium. I bet thered be a bigger crowd at that game than any of our home games.

[Blue & Gold]

Actually, it's in the fieldhouse.

[johnnyzip84]

Actually, it's in the fieldhouse.

Thanks It was hard to tell from the story, although it makes sense they would want to keep it more or less private. So it begs the question, did LeBron have to rent the fieldhouse and for how much?

[bobbyake]

live stream http://www.ustream.tv/embed/9845117

[johnnyzip84]

live stream http://www.ustream.tv/embed/9845117

Thanks! It's always nice to see the Zip brand getting some promotion.

[GP1]

I regret the day I started this thread.

[Blue & Gold]

Honestly, we should start a new LeBron thread because there's a lot of negativity on this thread toward the guy who has proven above and beyond loyal to Akron & gets our name in the national media more than anything/anyone else ever has.

Except maybe Jim Tressel.

[bobbyake]

Honestly, we should start a new LeBron thread because there's a lot of negativity on this thread toward the guy who has proven above and beyond loyal to Akron & gets our name in the national media more than anything/anyone else ever has.

Except maybe Jim Tressel.

if the US does well in the Olympics, Caleb Porter is going to get us worldwide media attention

[Blue & Gold]

Honestly, we should start a new LeBron thread because there's a lot of negativity on this thread toward the guy who has proven above and beyond loyal to Akron & gets our name in the national media more than anything/anyone else ever has.

Except maybe Jim Tressel.

if the US does well in the Olympics, Caleb Porter is going to get us worldwide media attention

CP

[Dr Z]

Anyone catch Stevie Johnson this weekend?

[Zips Win!]

Honestly, we should start a new LeBron thread because there's a lot of negativity on this thread toward the guy who has proven above and beyond loyal to Akron & gets our name in the national media more than anything/anyone else ever has.

Except maybe Jim Tressel.

Go ahead. He gets our incorrect name in the media, doesn't show up at our basketball games, does go to c-bus games and gets us Nike shoes. Big wup.

[Dr Z]

LBJ Goes "Home" with Rachel Nichols

[zippy5]

I'd go home with Rachel Nichols

[Dr Z]

I never thought this would happen, but LBJ stays true to his word, he got engaged to Savannah. Congratulations to them.

[MDZip]

That ring might have been able to fund our new wished for arena.

[tbozeglav]

Even LeBron's fiance got a ring before he did.

[Dr Z]

Even LeBron's fiance got a ring before he did.

And here it is. Not sure it compares to a NBA championship ring though.

[Dr Z]

LBJ back to Cavs?

James can opt out of his contract at the end of the 2013-14 season, and speculation is he will strongly consider it if Riley remains in his current role. And the team James would be eyeballing most in free agency, say those close to the situation, would be the Cavs.