I spent the better part of a week in Akron in July...

2008-07-16T08:41:29.951-04:00

I spent the better part of a week in Akron in July 2001 attending an international airship conference.

[Akron was the home of the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation, and still contains one of two massive "airdocks" built to house the two giant rigid airships constructed n Akron for the U.S. Navy in the early '30's - (christened the "Akron" and "Macon".]

It was funny to hear the Brit airship venturers call it "Ak-ron" whereas we pronounce it more like "Ak-rin".

It was a bit of a ghost town, at least back then (kind of like downtown Wilmington at night, but without the crime). But it was very clean, had some great old buildings, and I felt had huge potential. I would be curious to see what has come of it over the last 7 years.

Sounds like Akron is doing better than Dayton.I wa...

2008-07-14T13:44:32.892-04:00

Sounds like Akron is doing better than Dayton.

I was shocked two summers ago. They depression has to be experienced to be appreciated....

The tiny ray of hope, is they are surviving a bout which on a local scale, is equivalent to The Great Depression on a national scale...

So, i guess we can too...

The best way I know to describe it, is to imagine the Tower Hill section of Wilmington, looking like no one as updated their houses, including paint, for 20 years.... Yards overgrown for lack of mowers, trees hanging long, old cars lining the streets, held together by duct tape....

We have a lot to look forward to..

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I spent the better part of a week in Akron in July...

Sounds like Akron is doing better than Dayton.I wa...