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« on: September 11, 2005, 11:40:09 AM » |
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PigBoy
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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2005, 05:13:34 PM » |
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I declare this thread to be better than the beans which share the town's name. Great photos! If not for the sign in this picture, I think there would be an illusion of a really tall skyscraper (the building's surface kind of looks like windows). 
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mrnyc
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« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2005, 06:37:10 PM » |
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^that is a wild shot, it sure does look like the biggest sign in the world bolted onto a big skyscraper!
i see they spiffyed up the outside of the famous kewpee diner. last time i was there the little kewpee was gone (i heard they had sold the original little kewpee on ebay or something), but the new one looks great.
question for baseball & history fans: is lima not the town where the negro league all-stars beat the pants off the mlb all-stars in an informal game back in the 1920's or 30's?? thx if you know that one!
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C-Dawg
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« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2005, 07:40:14 PM » |
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HELL YEAH!! What this forum needs is more LIMA!!!:-D
Nothing beats good old Compton in a Cornfield.
I haven't been there since my swimming days in high school. I always loved its downtown and its unreal amount of diversity for a city that size. To me, it always felt like a decent sized city (not its paltry 40,000). It feels about the size of Youngstown even though its metro is 1/3rd the size. Everyone in Ohio should visit that city or at least rent the documentary "LIMA" ("Lost in Middle America"). It pretty much somes up what it's like in Rust Belt urban centers.
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ColDayMan
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« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2005, 10:50:29 PM » |
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Lima (west), Mansfield (central), and Steubenville (east) all feel the same size (tallest is art-deco,setback) and are interestingly ALL in a row. IIIInnnteresting...
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Robert Pence
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« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2005, 12:49:07 AM » |
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In these photos, Lima looks quite a lot better than I remember it from years ago. It used to really have the pallor of death about it, but it looks like someone has breathed a little life into it here and there.
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Y-CityGuy
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« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2005, 10:29:26 AM » |
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I like Lima, I was recently there for a Meat Loaf Concert 
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C-Dawg
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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2005, 01:48:30 AM » |
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In these photos, Lima looks quite a lot better than I remember it from years ago. It used to really have the pallor of death about it, but it looks like someone has breathed a little life into it here and there.
Well, in some respects that pallor of death is worse. Crime and gang violence is up. It already was higher than most major cities. But the city has a wealth of great architecture and while walking downtown, you know you are in a special place. Downtown has improved greatly at least by judging all the years I've known it. It has a stange beauty to it. It's just bizarre to have such a dense city with so much diversity in the middle of a cornfield. While some might compare it to Mansfield, I think there are some differneces. Lima has a more impressive downtown/skyline and more diversity. Mansfield always felt like a ghetto Findlay to me. Regardless, these are forgotten (well not Findlay since it's booming) industrial cities well worth visiting. Aww. Colday's avatar is hilarious 
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ColDayMan
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« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2005, 03:58:02 PM » |
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I'll get you, one of these days NJAIM!!!
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edale
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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2005, 08:52:57 PM » |
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Ok, Lima and Mansfield are not ghetto in any stretch of the word...
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ColDayMan
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« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2005, 11:50:25 PM » |
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Lima certainly has ghetto parts, as does Mansfield. The cities themselves aren't ghetto but they do have ghetto parts.
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Ex-Ithacan
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« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2005, 12:40:10 PM » |
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Lima (west), Mansfield (central), and Steubenville (east) all feel the same size (tallest is art-deco,setback) and are interestingly ALL in a row. IIIInnnteresting...
I think you have a point there sir. I think Steubenville may be in the worse shape (at least to an outsider), and Lima has the most urban downtown, but I do like the old gems on all 3 downtowns. Btw, thanks for the pics Mister Good Day.
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Summit Street
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« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2005, 09:52:52 AM » |
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nice pics!
courthouse!
umm, colday, wouldn't the line go from lima to mansfield then canton, not steubenville?
canton also fits in the category of those three
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C-Dawg
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« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2005, 01:09:44 AM » |
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yeah, I think Canton certainly looks comparable to Lima. It has that whole "Lost in Middle America" thing going for it too.
Hell, I think I want to make a documentary on all of Ohio's forgotten industrial cities. Our state is loaded with some great ones. We also forgot Portsmouth down in Southeast Ohio- a very interesting city.
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ColDayMan
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« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2005, 02:38:42 PM » |
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nice pics!
courthouse!
umm, colday, wouldn't the line go from lima to mansfield then canton, not steubenville?
canton also fits in the category of those three
Totally forgot about Canton. So Canton, Lima, Mansfield, Steubenville. If you go off the beaten path of Rt. 30/22, how about Porrtsmouth, Springfield, Elyria, Hamilton, Lorain, and perhaps Middletown. Warren...maybe?
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« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2005, 06:04:46 PM » |
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Painsville and Ashtabula? Findley? East Liverpool? Sandusky(outside of Cedar Point, of course)?
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Sandi
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« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2006, 12:39:40 AM » |
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hi everyone........ I'd like to get opionions
I haven't been to Ohio  ...... we are from Northern VA ...my fam. raised in arlington, va  . My little. brother has decided to attend UNO university in Lima....I've never heard of this Univ. Universities here in northern va and in the district are very expensive, so this univ seems quite affordable. But my concern is what kind of place is lima?.....is it a city like type of place? anyone can tell me about UNO's reputation ? or does anyone know about the area in which this univ is located ... hows that area ..violence and crime wise..
thanks
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dfly
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« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2006, 12:47:52 AM » |
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University of Northwestern Ohio is a small private technical school in Lima. What kind of program is he going into? I believe their school for automotive repair is pretty good. I know of a couple of people who have taken classes in their business program, and they seemed to think it was fine, but I don't know much more than that. The "campus" is located in a safe area...it is right by the mall, so it just a bunch of sprawl development.
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Magyar
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« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2006, 03:29:20 PM » |
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University of Northwestern Ohio is a small private technical school in Lima. University of Northern Ohio (in nearby Ada) instead? It would seem more reasonable to attend that than some technical school.
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3231
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« Reply #20 on: September 29, 2006, 03:32:30 PM » |
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University of Northwestern Ohio is a small private technical school in Lima.
University of Northern Ohio (in nearby Ada) instead? It would seem more reasonable to attend that than some technical school.
Where is "Ohio Northern"?
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dfly
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« Reply #21 on: September 29, 2006, 03:35:50 PM » |
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ONU is in Ada, which is about 20 miles east of Lima.
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Wheelingman
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« Reply #22 on: October 01, 2006, 02:49:45 AM » |
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Lima looks more impressive than I thought it would.
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