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It’s like living a Corona commericial, Gorgeous, but very touristy. In town, the natives in the gifts shops see a caucasian coming, and they aggressively swoop in on you. Still colorful and interesting though, but we liked getting off the beaten path and hanging out at the beach. Be sure to snorkel amongst the gorgeous tropical fish. Don’t go down on a Carnival ship, though. We did and Carnival REALLY BLOWS!!!

I know there’s some beautiful land in Georgia, and probably many good points of interest, but I hate traveling up I-75. The rest areas are FILTHY and.. well.. they smell like butt. and Atlanta is, without a doubt, has the worst drivers I’ve ever seen. I thought people were hideous drivers in Cincinnati and down here in Florida, but it pales in comparison to Atlanta, which I find very aggressive and just plain nuts! Among other things, I’ve seen several people miss their exit, stop in the middle of the road, throw it into reverse and back up to get their exit!!! They also have a thing for getting RIGHT up your tail before passing you, even when the other lanes are clear. What the heck is up with that!?

Horses, fudge, forts, the Grand Hotel, Somewhere in Time. What a beautiful and unique island. Just have to get back there one day!

I don’t like to say that there is anywhere not worth visiting, since even if that place is a negative experience, you learn from it and it broadens your scope of knowledge. I was born in Cincy, and lived there until the fall of 2000. I grew up in Sharonville, off in the northeast suburbs. As a kid, Sharonville was nothing exciting – bland, cookie-cutter suburbia, but it could have been a whole lot worse, and it was enough for a kid – it was pretty safe, wooded and hilly, and we had a community pool – things many other kids didn’t have growing up. Back in the 80’s there were a lot of really happening nightclubs in northeast Cincy, but they disappeared one by one. By the 90’s, NE Cincy’s nightlife was totally SAD and probably still is. I grew very tired of the whole city in general – the rude, obstinate people, the boringness and the feel of the whole place. What a strange contrast of people that mix like oil and water (due to their own mindset). I don’t live in Ohio anymore, and I’m still glad to be out of Cincy. Cincy is a mixture of many good things and many bad. On the postive side, Skyline Chili is phenomenal, Graeter’s and UDF ice cream is fabulous, Montgomery Inn ribs are the best anywhere. Cincy has a really outstanding zoo, and other cool and interesting places such as Union Terminal, Kings Island, the Planetarium, aquarium, museums, etc. There is also a lot of beautiful, unique and interesting architecture there, which is why several movies have been shot there. Nice county parks, nice (but pricey) malls and lots of other shopping.
Cincy is loaded with a lot of bad as well. Violent crime has skyrocketed, the city is littered and dirty, the air quality is some of the worst in the entire country. Unfortunately, much of the beautifully architected buildings are in lousy parts of downtown and are in various states of neglect and decay. AND there does, indeed, seem to be a problem with the mix of ethnicities. (I’m a white female just for the record). I can’t say how well or not the ethnicities other than mine get along with each other, but I know that some white people seem to be close-minded and backward-thinking toward different ethnicities. One of the strangest things about Cincy is that there doesn’t seem to be a lot of middle class. Perhaps more on the west side?? On the east side, it seems like most people are either redneck, trash or self-important yuppies who feel the need to impress with their $350,000 house in Mason or their status-symbol car. There’s a stuffy attitude to Cincy that I just despise. I now live in Florida. The street we live on is a mix of Jamaicans, whites, Haitians, Latinos and blacks. Everyone on our street gets along fine. This is scenario I definitely can’t picture in Cincy! I think that people’s ethnic and religious differences should be respected and celebrated, and that different backgrounds add so much more flavor to the world – an opinion that just doesn’t seem to have made it to Cincinnati. What a shame. On this thread, LemonButt wrote that Cincy is a good place to live if you’re white, over 21, don’t like to stay up past 10:00 and you always have $150 in your pocket at any given time. This is a laughingly accurate description. Sure Cincy has a decent amount of the arts and daytime activities, but everything is going to cost you, and cost you good! Yes, the WEBN fireworks on Labor Day weekend are truly spectacular, but from that weekend on, the city seems to shut down and there isn’t crap to do until the following May, unless you like going to a corner bar with brown-paneled walls where 90% of the jukebox is country. We’re relocating to Tennesee because now Florida’s really beginning to suck (rude, expensive and crowded). I still go up and visit my Dad in Cincy twice a year, but I can’t see ever living there again!!!

Field of Dreams is pretty much what Sheffield, IL is like. Not much going on out there, but if it’s absolute peace and quiet you want, you’ll get it here. Many generations of my family, were born, lived and died there. I loved visiting there as a kid.

I spent a good amount of time in south Jersey back in the 90’s. Mostly in Camden (?) County just minutes north of the Wharton State Forest aka the Jersey Pines. There is a lot of beatiful land out there. You’re really out in the middle of nowhere in the forest. It’s quite nice – sand, cedar water, pine trees, cranberry bogs. Lots of good places to eat, especially seafood restaurants. Great Italian delis and diners out there, as well. Blueberries are grown out the ying-ying, and the best peaches I ever ate were grown in Jersey, too. My crumby ex-boyfriend grew up there. He was a total loser, but I won’t let one idiot ruin my view of the whole state. Bad memories of him, but south Jersey was pretty.

I don’t like to say that there is anywhere not worth visiting, since even if that place is a negative experience, you learn from it and it broadens your scope of knowledge. I was born in Cincy, and lived there until the fall of 2000. I grew up in Sharonville, off in the northeast suburbs. As a kid, Sharonville was nothing exciting – bland, cookie-cutter suburbia, but it could have been a whole lot worse, and it was enough for a kid – it was pretty safe, wooded and hilly, and we had a community pool – things many other kids didn’t have growing up. Back in the 80’s there were a lot of really happening nightclubs in northeast Cincy, but they disappeared one by one. By the 90’s, NE Cincy’s nightlife was totally SAD and probably still is. I grew very tired of the whole city in general – the rude, obstinate people, the boringness and the feel of the whole place. What a strange contrast of people that mix like oil and water (due to their own mindset). I don’t live in Ohio anymore, and I’m still glad to be out of Cincy. Cincy is a mixture of many good things and many bad. On the postive side, Skyline Chili is phenomenal, Graeter’s and UDF ice cream is fabulous, Montgomery Inn ribs are the best anywhere. Cincy has a really outstanding zoo, and other cool and interesting places such as Union Terminal, Kings Island, the Planetarium, aquarium, museums, etc. There is also a lot of beautiful, unique and interesting architecture there, which is why several movies have been shot there. Nice county parks, nice (but pricey) malls and lots of other shopping.
Cincy is loaded with a lot of bad as well. Violent crime has skyrocketed, the city is littered and dirty, the air quality is some of the worst in the entire country. Unfortunately, much of the beautifully architected buildings are in lousy parts of downtown and are in various states of neglect and decay. AND there does, indeed, seem to be a problem with the mix of ethnicities. (I’m a white female just for the record). I can’t say how well or not the ethnicities other than mine get along with each other, but I know that some white people seem to be close-minded and backward-thinking toward different ethnicities. One of the strangest things about Cincy is that there doesn’t seem to be a lot of middle class. Perhaps more on the west side?? On the east side, it seems like most people are either redneck, trash or self-important yuppies who feel the need to impress with their $350,000 house in Mason or their status-symbol car. There’s a stuffy attitude to Cincy that I just despise. I now live in Florida. The street we live on is a mix of Jamaicans, whites, Haitians, Latinos and blacks. Everyone on our street gets along fine. This is scenario I definitely can’t picture in Cincy! I think that people’s ethnic and religious differences should be respected and celebrated, and that different backgrounds add so much more flavor to the world – an opinion that just doesn’t seem to have made it to Cincinnati. What a shame. On this thread, LemonButt wrote that Cincy is a good place to live if you’re white, over 21, don’t like to stay up past 10:00 and you always have $150 in your pocket at any given time. This is a laughingly accurate description. Sure Cincy has a decent amount of the arts and daytime activities, but everything is going to cost you, and cost you good! Yes, the WEBN fireworks on Labor Day weekend are truly spectacular, but from that weekend on, the city seems to shut down and there isn’t crap to do until the following May, unless you like going to a corner bar with brown-paneled walls where 90% of the jukebox is country. We’re relocating to Tennesee because now Florida’s really beginning to suck (rude, expensive and crowded). I still go up and visit my Dad in Cincy twice a year, but I can’t see ever living there again!!!

Best chili in the world!! Totally addictive!!!!!

Great bars. A 24-7 party. The Key West of Central Gulf Coast Florida.

Crowded and expensive like anywhere else on the coast, but if you’re looking to collect shark’s teeth, this is the best place to do it. Gorgeous sugar sand as well.