Hi Ben, I've lived in Toledo all my life...can't say it's anything unusual that makes jobs and renters, we have strong manufacturing with obvious ties to the automotive industry (Dana corp- parts supplier, Jeep- manufacturer, Owens Corning- insulation/bldg materials, Anderson's- agriculture/fertilizer, First Solar) Like any area we have some $250k and up neighborhoods with little crime and great schools...and some seedier areas where you will read about gang shootings about once a week.

LA vs Indianapolis sounds like you're stepping from the corn lands into Hollywood.

Lastly all carpet will pill (where strands of the fiber shed from the carpet) when they are new, but polyester will do that much more.

For the past 10 years I've worked forCorning, Inc. in Wilmington, NC at their optical fiber plant.

When I buy a can of corn from the grocery store, do I really care how long ago that corn was purchased, or for how much?

7bill and rising population, 60% of Iowa Corn becomes fuel.

Its almost as if your eating your seed corn!

Warren Buffet once said something along the lines of farmers need not understand the bio-chemistry of the photosynthesis process to grow corn, nor do they need to check the corn 14 times a day, they need only to plant it and take reasonable care to ensure it's in an environment where it can grow.

We have a local farmer we bought feeder corn from.

There isn't a huge demand for living in those homes outside of Corn Hill and a few smaller pockets and even then you don't have a huge premium on those houses.Good - There are tons of great investment properties throughout the city to make solid returns with and not worry about the historic maintenance/potential for permit issues.