What are your thoughts on Cincy, OH? (Cincinnati, Youngstown: rental, amusement park)

[JefferyT]

One of the positive things about Cincinnati is that it still has some very nice in-town neighborhoods.

The ones I'd recommend living in are:

Mount Adams
Clifton/Clifton Heights
Columbia/Tusculum
Hyde Park/Observatory
Mount Lookout
Fernbank, out along the river to the west
..and that area along Grandin Road, if you can afford it!

Even if other parts of Cincinnati are declining I don't think you can go wrong buying in these neighborhoods as they will hold their value into the future.

This is good if one is considering relocating to Cincinnati but wants to consider more developed neighborhoods with sidewalks, trees, mature landscaping, quality older housing stock and a more urban environment (more neighborhood than subdivision). Most of these places have neighborhoods shopping areas, or one can drive pretty quick to shopping.

[Derrick_TheRiskTaker]

Trust me, don't come to Cincinnati

[paintballer1708]

No do come to Cincinnati. Dont just listen to Derrick's opinion on the city. Seems like he doesnt know much about the area anyway.

[paintballer1708]

BTW, the Banks Project is going "somewhere." It is going through the final rounds of financing. You know this is going to be the middle section of a major city's riverfront. You cant just start building. You need to go to the city council, get the right plans underway, and start deciding how it will affect the public. And you complain about the "ghetto" in Cincinnati? Wait till you get to Atlanta. A city that is much worse with crime and drugs than Cincinnati.

[zephyrjk]

well, what a set of contrasts. im moving to cincinnati in a month and mostly you have all succeeded in scaring me! thank u!while ur all at it jst give me some advice on where to live and the public transport system!
cheers

[highliner]

Paintballer needs to recheck some of his data. Lexington(Ky) has consistently outperformed Cincy in terms of employment, crime, and quality of life, over the last two decades. Just compare our respective rankings on the dozens of tables gathered from around the country, that look at these topics. I like southwestern Ohio very much, but to refer to Lexington as high in poverty and unemployment (especially in comparison with Cincinnati), is simply unfounded and absurd.

[kentucky joe]

Originally Posted by zephyrjk

well, what a set of contrasts. im moving to cincinnati in a month and mostly you have all succeeded in scaring me! thank u!while ur all at it jst give me some advice on where to live and the public transport system!
cheers

Public Transportation System?

You must be joking? It's your car, fool. Everyone in Cincinnati knows that the only people who use public transportation (i.e. the bus) are the poor and indigent. I'm. Not. Kidding.

Light rail has been voted down more times by the no-mo-taxes populace in the area, you'd think a child molester was running for truant officer. Seriously, most people interviewed who have voted it down do remark not wanting to face increased taxes, but a close second is "I'll never use it" or "it'll go through bad neighborhoods".

[Subway]

Originally Posted by kentucky joe

Public Transportation System?

You must be joking? It's your car, fool. Everyone in Cincinnati knows that the only people who use public transportation (i.e. the bus) are the poor and indigent. I'm. Not. Kidding.

That is rather true, although I recently read an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer that stated that ridership has been increasing quite a bit on the suburban express buses that go from park-and-ride locations (in places such as Harrison, Eastgate, West Chester and Mason) to downtown and back on weekdays. The riders are mainly downtown office workers who are fed up with gas prices, parking rates and traffic congestion.

[Bigbluelandrover]

Cincinnati is a mixed bag. Some hate it and some love it. Neither opinion is wrong. I grew up here but I am tired of it. I need a change and since I have been to different cities and lived someplace else for a while I can see where this area is stuck in a time warp.

You have to visit. None of us here can tell you how you are going to feel about the area.

[Derrick_TheRiskTaker]

Since I last checked, the only thing that has changed in Cincinnati is the City Council chambers...and guess who picked the colors...Mayor Mark Mallory