What do you believe?

So the national Site Selection Magazine people just recently ranked Ohio as the 4th best place (up from 8th) to do business in. Affordable housing--almost unbelievably so--was a top reason. Cultural opportunities. Affordable rental space (because so much of it is vacant) for the arts.

Crain's real estate senior reporter Stan Bullard is one of several folks being interviewed on WCPN as we speak this morning. He seems to disagree with the ranking because, although we do have the housing, the cultural assets, the easy accessibility (especially the relatively small traffic jams), and so on, people in Northeast Ohio don't hear the good news.

Ohio Business Development Coalition says "Ohio means business" and is selling the state across the country. Bioscience, polymers, nanotech, fiber optics, etc. are big in Ohio says the guy from Columbus.

It seems to me it comes down to what Capitalist Cleveland is all about: what you decide to believe about Cleveland and Northeast Ohio will be a direct reflection of what you decide to focus on--the successes or the problems.

Congratulations Ohio. Congratulations, northeast Ohio, and congratulations, Cleveland. Turn your eyes up and keep them shining on the higher good and all good things will come.