Disappointment - Cincinnati: is this really it? (Middletown, Ada: extended stay, sales)

[time2roll]

Originally Posted by TomJones123

I am a transplant in Cincy for a year and a half now and have never been asked one time what high school I went to. You guys must be an awful young demographic.

if 50 years old is an awful young demographic, then yes. the pgh couple i referenced are late 40s.

[TomJones123]

Kjbill, or one of the other local long timers will have to explain that one to me. I've lived all over the US, am in my late 30s and can't remember the last time someone asked me what high school I went to. Obviously, should this be the norm in some Cincy hoods it obviously isn't so in mine or my sphere of influence.

[kjbrill]

I have absolutely no problem with the majority of Cincinnati/Tri-State residents living here their entire lives and never wanting to leave. I am one of those, though I did get the opportunity to travel to all of the states of US on business. Never found another place which attracted me more than Cincinnati.

Maybe it is my Engineering training, but most of the places I was originally drawn to, I thought they are heading for more problems than Cincinnati. And one of the biggest is water. Like it or not, water will replace oil as one of our biggest concerns.

I may be old and living in a northern suburb (guess which one), but I am first and foremost an Ohioan and a Cincinnatian.

I have no problem with people asking what high school did you attend? To me that is simply an acknowledgement the majority of them expect you were born and raised here, and they simply want to establish your background. That is simply one of the small town feels about the City of Cinxcinnati. If we take moves to destroy that, the character of Cincinnati will also be destroyed.

[TomJones123]

^^ There is nothing wrong with pride in one's city and background. Thanks for the answer.

[CincyIU29]

Originally Posted by kjbrill

I have absolutely no problem with the majority of Cincinnati/Tri-State residents living here their entire lives and never wanting to leave. I am one of those, though I did get the opportunity to travel to all of the states of US on business. Never found another place which attracted me more than Cincinnati.

Maybe it is my Engineering training, but most of the places I was originally drawn to, I thought they are heading for more problems than Cincinnati. And one of the biggest is water. Like it or not, water will replace oil as one of our biggest concerns.

I may be old and living in a northern suburb (guess which one), but I am first and foremost an Ohioan and a Cincinnatian.

I have no problem with people asking what high school did you attend? To me that is simply an acknowledgement the majority of them expect you were born and raised here, and they simply want to establish your background. That is simply one of the small town feels about the City of Cinxcinnati. If we take moves to destroy that, the character of Cincinnati will also be destroyed.

I agree. The high school thing does not bother me one bit. I don't think it really has much to do with social class. Firstly, Cincinnati is a pretty interconnected city (small town feel) and by asking someone where they went to high school you figure out if you know anyone in common and such. Also high school sports are huge here too so that comes into play. Also many of us do not have some protracted problems with Kentuckians. Don't mind them one bit and to be honest there's people on the Ohio side who say y'all too.

The only thing about Kentucky I don't truly like is UK and their fans

[abr7rmj]

Not in his wildest dreams, I'd imagine, did the OP think that his Cincinnati-bashing thread would get this kind of wildfire response. We sure do love to keep these troll threads alive by rehashing the same arguments that we have in 400 other threads ...

[TomJones123]

^^ I am sure they are getting their jollies, as we rage onwards from post to post.

[kjbrill]

Originally Posted by abr7rmj

Not in his wildest dreams, I'd imagine, did the OP think that his Cincinnati-bashing thread would get this kind of wildfire response. We sure do love to keep these troll threads alive by rehashing the same arguments that we have in 400 other threads ...

OK, so do you have some absolute problem with that? If someone wants to lambast Cincinnati, we will respond back. We love our City and I see nothing wrong with that. As I said, first of all I am an Ohioan, and second of all I am a Cincinnatian, even though I live in the northern suburbs. I get enough grief for living in the suburbs. I do not have to tolerate some ousider lambasting all of Cincinnati. I am damn proud of being born and raised here, and I will put Cincinnati againast any place in the country as a place to raise children, grow up, and be a meaningful participant of society. As another respondent commented, so sue me.

[abr7rmj]

Originally Posted by kjbrill

OK, so do you have some absolute problem with that? If someone wants to lambast Cincinnati, we will respond back. We love our City and I see nothing wrong with that. As I said, first of all I am an Ohioan, and second of all I am a Cincinnatian, even though I live in the northern suburbs. I get enough grief for living in the suburbs. I do not have to tolerate some ousider lambasting all of Cincinnati. I am damn proud of being born and raised here, and I will put Cincinnati againast any place in the country as a place to raise children, grow up, and be a meaningful participant of society. As another respondent commented, so sue me.

I agree with you 100 percent kjbrill, except for the Ohioan/Cincinnatian part - I would flip-flop the two. But the best way to dismiss the OP's ignorant and trollish post would be to simply ignore his thread altogether and let it die. Each comment it gets - including these from me - serves to put it right back at the top of our page where it invites more comments and we'll have to look at it until Labor Day.

The OP is made a foolish thread after a car tour and he obviously knows absolutely nothing about Cincinnati. His thread should be treated accordingly.

[autobahn2000]

Wow - I stirred up a hornet's nest. Well, in a way that is good because some of the posts really told me new things.
First of all my goal was NOT to bash Cincinnati! On the contrary I was hoping you posters could tell where the places are that I missed during my two days of driving around (ourselves without the realtor).
Dear Cincinnati patriots, calm down.
Maybe I should mention that I am originally from Europe. I am used to large city centers that are safe and full of life - URBAN life. Sometimes I think some people in the US no longer have a feeling for what is meant by URBAN life. Well, NYC, DC SF have plenty of that "urbanism", I have not seen other larger cities in the US so I cannot comment on other ones.
I am comparing what I have seen so far in Cincy so far - which is not much - to Baltimore because I know Baltimore. Baltimore's reputation must really be bad if you guys take the comparison so much to heart.

The thing is that Baltimore which is full of poverty and crime managed to turn downtown into a desirable area where people hang out, drink coffee, walk along the water, drink at night, socialize, go to the museum. In other words Baltimore as the city of crime has managed to create an interesting URBAN area downtown where people come to spend time, even live. That turn around was started in the 80ies.
Yes, outside the immediate downtown area (inner harbor) the city is surrounded by slums - vast jungles full of crime and decay. On the other hand with the turnaround the city managed the following: you just drive downtown and BOOM, you are right in the little URBAN enclave, big enough to spend an URBAN afternoon walking around and enjoying city life. You do not have to look for it, you can't miss it.

Now, my wife and I have seen Mount Adams today. We thought VERY nice, urban area. Thumbs up!
We also went to "Over the Rhine". From what we saw: not yet finished but promising. These renovated old houses are just beautiful - that mixed with restaurants, interesting stores, etc. Great potential. Hopefully it is expanding.

And by the way, it is not about finding a home for us in those "urban" areas - due to school reasons we probably will stay in the burbs (for the time being). We need the "urban" areas though to give us that urban flavor if we want it. Cheers!