- Columbus Navigator
- Posts
- Friday, October 6 2017
Friday, October 6 2017
Columbus has been named the hottest hipster market in America. 🤷♀️
Hello Friday. It's James.
A Realtor.com study, in conjunction with Yelp, has determined that Columbus is the hottest hipster market in America. Specifically, Clintonville. The study looked at the hottest housing markets combined with "hipster" indicators in the businesses serving that zip code.
Does this surprise you? I think of Clintonville as more yuppy-ish (yuppie is still a thing right? Or do we say bougie now?) but maybe I've been mis-categorizing. See what you think with Zoey's explainer below.
Navigator full story: Clintonville Is The Hottest Hipster Market In America, According To Science [Miller]
Wednesday Weather 🌡79 - Mostly cloudy. ☁️
Navigator Originals ✏️We Can Code IT CEO Mel McGee Wants To Diversify The Columbus Tech Scene And Bolster Innovation [Miller]Zoey goes deep on a local tech training company that's looking to diversify the Columbus tech scene, something that 100% needs to happen. Godspeed and good luck to them.TFW Russell Crowe Thinks Your City Is Cool… [Wiley]Russell Crowe was in town to see his bro Ed Sheehan Wednesday night, and guys I'm proud to tell you that he likes us. He really, really likes us.Ohio State And Apple Are Giving All New Freshmen An iPad… And A Space To Innovate [Wiley]Ohio State has hooked up with Apple to give all incoming freshman iPad's and will also be creating an iOS development space on campus.
Coming Up 📆🎼 10/6: Columbus Symphony Orchestra Presents: Star Wars: A New Hope🧀 10/6: Mac & Cheese Fest🏒 10/6: Blue Jackets vs. Islanders (Opening Night)🍝 10/6-8: Columbus Italian Festival🏈 10/7: Ohio State vs. Maryland🖼 10/7: Gallery Hop🍻 10/7: Grove City Oktoberfest🖼 10/7-8: Columbus Open Studio & Stage👟 10/8: Autism Speaks Walk🍽 10/9: Taste of Bexley
Around Town 🏘A United Way report was released Thursday with the conclusion that 40% of Ohio households "struggle to afford basics." [United Way]Business First has a look at the Blue Jackets team shop and new Adidas gear just in time for Opening Night tonight. The team was previously with Reebok, so everything is fresh and new. You're looking at $280 for an authentic jersey, or $225 for a replica. Old Reebok gear will be discounted, so bargain shoppers may be able to find some deals. Homage will have new Blue Jackets gear as well, but not until holiday shopping season. [Business First/Newpoff]Payday lenders in Ohio are able to charge the highest fees in the entire country, despite laws that have been passed to regulate them. New federal regulations have been proposed that would curtail payday lending and auto title lending, but will probably go nowhere in Congress. Ohio voters voted to restrict payday lending in 2008, capping interest at 28%, but payday lenders made the vote meaningless, finding a loophole that enabled them to register as mortgage lenders or credit-service organizations, which allows them to charge up to 591% APR. [Dispatch/Siegel]
LongreadBuzzfeed has a journalistic coup today, unearthing all kinds of emails and internal correspondence that detail just how Steve Bannon, Breitbart, and Milo Yiannopoulos cozied up to white supremacists, Nazis, and white nationalists to build their media empire.A cache of documents obtained by BuzzFeed News reveals the truth about Steve Bannon’s alt-right “killing machine.”Buzzfeed: Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled Nazi and White Nationalist Ideas Into The Mainstream