[CQ-Contest] Dayton Hamvention

[Jim Brown]

I agree. I'm an EE grad of the Univ of Cincinnati, and lived there five 
years. While working at R L Drake as a co-op student, I lived in Dayton 
only a few months, but quickly retreated to Cincinnati.  Cincinnati  is 
real city with world roots, settled by European immigrants who got there 
via the Ohio and Mississippi rivers traffic. It's a much older city, has 
a rich cultural scene and major league sports teams.  Dayton (and to a 
lesser extent, Columbus) are overgrown country towns. I know about 
overgrown country towns -- I grew up in an even smaller one in WV. :)

To its credit though, Dayton suffered a major flood a decade or two ago, 
which decimated its downtown, and has worked hard to recover. Those of 
us who have stayed downtown have enjoyed the fine new restaurant and bar 
scene that has developed a bit to the east of the Crowne Plaza, and 
seems to get a bit better with each visit.

All of that said, I strongly agree with those who appreciate the work 
and planning that DARA has been doing to prepare for the HARA demise, 
and am looking forward to a newer and better Hamvention.

73, Jim K9YC

On Mon,8/1/2016 3:51 PM, Jeff Clarke wrote:
> Maybe I'm biased because I was born in Cincinnati but Dayton isn't in the same league as Cincinnati. It's the minor leagues compared to Cincinnati which is a major league city. No disrespect for Dayton but it's not even close.