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rus said:
Every comfest I'm more and more glad I moved out of VV.
Every Comfest, I'm more and more glad I moved INTO VV.
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2012 ComFest: News and Discussion
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jpizzow said:
I've sat in traffic trying to get to and out of big events in several other cities. Yea, it's an unfortunate consequence but it's typical for any big city thoroughfare. Just plan different routes. Do some homework instead of winging it. Stop complaining and help us build a light rail line or two :PPersonally, my big issue (as a VV resident) is that when I have to work on the weekends, I'm screwed. I literally can't park within a mile+ of my house, and alternative forms of transportation are entirely unworkable.
Leaving early (due to increased traffic) to get where I need to go on time isn't a big problem. Getting home (with required equipment) is.
High street is a commercial corridor, and parking is adequate to accommodate that usage. Victorian Village is residential - a community! - and it isn't in any way equipped for the Comfest weekend onslaught.
As far as I'm concerned, there are two solutions: 1) put the cars downtown, or 2) put the cars and the festival downtown.
Posted 11 months ago # -
NerosNeptune
Goodale Park
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I loved living on Buttles during Comfest..
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drew said:
Personally, my big issue (as a VV resident) is that when I have to work on the weekends, I'm screwed. I literally can't park within a mile+ of my house, and alternative forms of transportation are entirely unworkable.Leaving early (due to increased traffic) to get where I need to go on time isn't a big problem. Getting home (with required equipment) is.
High street is a commercial corridor, and parking is adequate to accommodate that usage. Victorian Village is residential - a community! - and it isn't in any way equipped for the Comfest weekend onslaught.
As far as I'm concerned, there are two solutions: 1) put the cars downtown, or 2) put the cars and the festival downtown.
Apparently you just haven't lived there long enough to be happy with comfest...
;)
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rus said:
Apparently you just haven't lived there long enough to be happy with comfest...;)
Heh... actually, I've lived in VV forever, and at one point right on the park on Dennison. I've enjoyed Comfest, and my proximity to it, though admittedly less and less each year. It seems like it's turning into a hippy-dippified version of the Ohio State Fair, to be honest.
My frustration is mostly that if you live in VV, participation is compulsory due to parking. If you have any other ideas about what to do with your weekend - like, say, making a living - you're fucked.
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drew said:
Personally, my big issue (as a VV resident) is that when I have to work on the weekends, I'm screwed. I literally can't park within a mile+ of my house, and alternative forms of transportation are entirely unworkable.Leaving early (due to increased traffic) to get where I need to go on time isn't a big problem. Getting home (with required equipment) is.
High street is a commercial corridor, and parking is adequate to accommodate that usage. Victorian Village is residential - a community! - and it isn't in any way equipped for the Comfest weekend onslaught.
As far as I'm concerned, there are two solutions: 1) put the cars downtown, or 2) put the cars and the festival downtown.
Comfest weekend, my car stays parked (with the possible exception of a few early morning errands where I know I'll be able to be home and snag a spot by 10AM). This, as you suggest, only works when your schedule is flexible. Having access to two-wheeled vehicles that don't reside on the street has saved my bacon numerous times.
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MAJOR MINOR: Comfest is too big, too money-grubbing
Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2012
by John Petric
It’s all about the money, isn’t it? Ah, Comfest, the shining festival on a hill—you were once above having your virtues questioned. You were Comfest! The funky street fair run by hippie crazies drunk like Kerouac on the flash of life. Profit didn’t matter—materialism bad! Security? Hey, we’re all cool here, right? Love your brother—and your sister, too. The Man ain’t welcome. An intersection of no oppression. How beautiful.
READ MORE: http://www.theotherpaper.com/entertainment/music/article_753c6706-c13c-11e1-9b96-0019bb2963f4.htmlPosted 10 months ago # -
Briana Henry
Columbus, OH
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Woah...were we at the same place last weekend? I had a good time!
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CheeseFoodie
Harrison West
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Petric, still a moron after all these years.
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groundrules
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it kinda makes me giggle when people get up in arms about what petric writes. in case you're new (like in the last 15 years) around here, he doesn't like anything, and his wallowing around in vitriol is a work of tired old one trick pony. at this point, it really should be considered a compliment to be subject to his derision. I'm just surprised someone still pays him to churn it out.
I mean, if anything, Comfest was smaller this year than the last several I can remember.
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0Angle said:
First time I got cash money back in change when I bought my 5 year old an ice cream cone. Bought toys at Rivet and someplace kinda African where we always get him a wooden snake. 4 turducken tacos for three tokens might have been the deal of the century.Thanks for stopping by my booth! :)
We had a good weekend and it was nice seeing so many familiar faces at one event. The lemonade stand across from Rivet's booth had to have made a killing in weekend sales. I wish the food trucks were not across the park in one confined location but rather mixed in with all areas like Park St and Goodale Ave food vendors.Posted 10 months ago # -
Tigertree
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I think it has outgrown the park but I am also not sure it has outgrown the neighborhood. I think it should grow into the district. Why not have an official comfest theater stage at The Garden, or set up a movie theater in another bar for a comfest film festival? I think there are ways to include a broader community that would solve a lot of the problems. Not parking, but a lot of them.
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