Kate23
Vienna
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Vince M
Louisville
I’m going to be brutally honest in this… I really don’t like Cincinnati and I would not want my daughter raised there. Its very suburban, VERY conservative, it lacks an any sort of arts/culture scene (particularly in the indy sense), its very insulated (no new blood moves there, and few ever leave), and it is the most racially divided place I’ve ever been. Downtown is a gangland that isn’t safe at all outside of the work day and the suburbs while safe, are a million miles away from everything and the city insists that there is no need for any sort of train or upgraded public transportation system. Very short sighted methinks. I’ve heard good things about the schools on the east side, Andersonville (might be called Anderson Township, I forget but “anderson” is definitely in the name), but the rest of the schools are like everywhere else, bad.
I’ve always heard that home is where the heart is, and your efforts and actions make a place what it is. I recognize the truth in all that to an extent, but sometimes you just have too many factors working against you. That’s what I had in Cinci.
kppontrucking
Cincinnati
Wow Vince you hit it on the spot! The suburbs here are indeed very conservative politically (I recall the rest of the student body voting for GW with a percentage of 88% in my high school mock poll election) and the religious right really are self righteous here about imposing their code of morality on everyone here. People here actually make a fuss when I walk with my mother while we go out shopping (we don’t usually wear makeup so there goes the “butch” stereotype) because they think we’re lesbian partners! What nerve and how sick to think that someone else’s orientation gives them a reason to dehumanize someone and expect to be rewarded by god! They don’t even bother to ask! The multi-culture/indie scene is dead to say the least like you say, and as a person of Asian descent, I cynically (in a sad and sickening way), can’t help but expect to feel like I’m being stared and glared at like I’m to blame for illegal immigration just because I happen to be a minority.
