St. Louis has much more than that, and Washington University is significantly higher up the chain than Ohio State.Wolfpaw wrote: ↑Jan 08, 2020St Louis has 1 very good university and one decent university yeah they aren’t Ohio State but still we’re fortunate to have them. How much of that growth in a Columbus has come at the hands of Cleveland and Cincinnati I believe when you’re a capitol/state HQ you tend to give yourself the upper hand such has Nashville vs Memphis etc. I’m not saying companies should plop 2-3000 jobs here but heck we’re barely ever getting 400. I like said we’re better off growing locally/organically. St.Louis will grow again it’s a matter of when.sc4mayor wrote:I'm also not really aware of any companies dropping 2,000 or so jobs at a time into Pittsburgh, at least not regularly. Granted I don't much follow what goes on in Pittsburgh, but big relocations generally make the news.
^^ While I would definitely give St. Louis the nod in most ways over its peers, they are growing...St. Louis isn't. Columbus may not be that exciting, but it's a big college town that's grown at least 10% every decade since 1990. Companies know they can fill jobs there, the labor pool keeps replenishing. That's the most important thing to them.
It doesn't really matter where Columbus' or any other city's growth is coming from...the point is they're growing. No one is arguing St. Louis has stellar institutions, much better than most of our peers in many respects, but without any growth companies aren't going to take the chance. They're more interested in the ability to fill positions than they are about amenities.
I'm not sure what you mean by growing "locally/organically". If the St. Louis region is going to increase its population it's going to have to draw from outside. Short of a massive baby boom of some kind, how do you grow your population locally?
