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I am thuroughly enjoying this thread. I'd choose Cincinnati over Seattle any day. They're both fantastic cities...
... The city is very laissez-faire but with a German twist. We like what we like and don't really care what others think. This is a city where you can walk past a cop smoking pot and drinking alcohol and they won't do a darn thing unless you're harassing them...
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Originally Posted by Deezus
Why would I harass a cop who is smoking pot and having a drink? Sounds like they are just trying to get their swerve on...
Wow, Cincinatti has pretty cool cops, even in Amsterdam you don't see police openly smoking pot in the street...
Aw, come on, Deezus--you know what he meant. Wish such were so, but not quite. Maybe tomorrow, maybe next year, whatever--but just remember that this venerable Ohio River city doesn't need to look toward the Pacific Northwest nor Seattle to either validate its own existence nor justify its importance. Cincinnati isn't referred to as "The Queen City" for nothing, but everyone also recognizes that such a title has absolutely no importance to Seattle's preeminence in either the Pacific Northwest nor the world. Both cities are unique,important, and cherished in their own ways.
Aw, come on, Deezus--you know what he meant. Wish such were so, but not quite. Maybe tomorrow, maybe next year, whatever--but just remember that this venerable Ohio River city doesn't need to look toward the Pacific Northwest nor Seattle to either validate its own existence nor justify its importance. Cincinnati isn't referred to as "The Queen City" for nothing, but everyone also recognizes that such a title has absolutely no importance to Seattle's preeminence in either the Pacific Northwest nor the world. Both cities are unique,important, and cherished in their own ways.
LOL Seattle was called the Queen City from 1869 to 1982 when they changed there nick name to the Emerald City like in the Wizard of OZ.
LOL Seattle was called the Queen City from 1869 to 1982 when they changed there nick name to the Emerald City like in the Wizard of OZ.
Wat. Seattle wasn't even a city in 1869. Per Wikipedia, in 1870 Seattle had a population of 1,151. (Cincinnati's was 161,044, making it the 7th most populous city in the country.)
Wat. Seattle wasn't even a city in 1869. Per Wikipedia, in 1870 Seattle had a population of 1,151. (Cincinnati's was 161,044, making it the 7th most populous city in the country.)
And yet, it was given the name "Queen City" in 1869 and was known to have that nickname until 1982... more accurately the name given was: "The (future) Queen City of the Pacific".
They only changed it to "Emerald City" because it's a lot more unique than "Queen City".
And yet, it was given the name "Queen City" in 1869 and was known to have that nickname until 1982... more accurately the name given was: "The (future) Queen City of the Pacific".
They only changed it to "Emerald City" because it's a lot more unique than "Queen City".
To be safe, I wouldn't pursue this imagery too far (otherwise Seattle's gotta eventually confront Hong Kong--and, oh well... Never mind.)
Ulysses S. Grant
William Howard Taft
Benjamin Harrison
2 Presidents who spent a good portion of their adult life in Cincinnati before taking office:
William Henry Harrison
Rutherford B. Hayes
So 5 Presidents
2 Speakers of the House:
Nicolas Longworth
John Boehner
2 Supreme Court Justices
William Howard Taft
John McLean
1 Secretary of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
6 Governors
Cincinnati is currently tied at tenth in the nation for number of fortune 500 companies by Forbes. Seattle does not even crack the top 25 despite having a much greater population.
Cincinnati has Hall of Fame members in NFL, MLB, and the NBA. Arguably the greatest baseball player to ever play (Pete Rose). A heisman trophy winner, Roger Staubach.
Actors from Cincinnati have won more academy awards than those from Seattle.
Seattle
0 Presidents
0 Speakers of the house
0 Supreme Court Justices
0 Secretaries of Defense
1 Governor (Despite being by far the largest and most dominant city in Washington whereas Cincinnati has to compete with Columbus and Cleveland)
One NBA hall of famer (Bill Russell). No MLB or NFL hall of famers, or Heisman trophy winners.
Music:
Foo Fighters
Nirvana
Jimi Hendrix
Pearl Jam
So despite Cincinnati's much smaller population, it's influence on US history is much more profound than Seattle's. Outside of music Cincinnati has produced many more historical figures than Seattle, and that musical prominence, outside of Hendrix, was limited largely to the 90's grunge era. So all this talk of Cincinnati being unimportant is nothing more than uniformed bias.
Wish such were so, but not quite. Maybe tomorrow, maybe next year, whatever--but just remember that this venerable Ohio River city doesn't need to look toward the Pacific Northwest nor Seattle to either validate its own existence nor justify its importance. Cincinnati isn't referred to as "The Queen City" for nothing, but everyone also recognizes that such a title has absolutely no importance to Seattle's preeminence in either the Pacific Northwest nor the world.
Who ever said it did? There's like 30 cities with the nickname "The Queen City" however--take it up with them...
Ulysses S. Grant
William Howard Taft
Benjamin Harrison
2 Presidents who spent a good portion of their adult life in Cincinnati before taking office:
William Henry Harrison
Rutherford B. Hayes
So 5 Presidents
2 Speakers of the House:
Nicolas Longworth
John Boehner
2 Supreme Court Justices
William Howard Taft
John McLean
1 Secretary of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
6 Governors
Cincinnati is currently tied at tenth in the nation for number of fortune 500 companies by Forbes. Seattle does not even crack the top 25 despite having a much greater population.
Cincinnati has Hall of Fame members in NFL, MLB, and the NBA. Arguably the greatest baseball player to ever play (Pete Rose). A heisman trophy winner, Roger Staubach.
Actors from Cincinnati have won more academy awards than those from Seattle.
Seattle
0 Presidents
0 Speakers of the house
0 Supreme Court Justices
0 Secretaries of Defense
1 Governor (Despite being by far the largest and most dominant city in Washington whereas Cincinnati has to compete with Columbus and Cleveland)
One NBA hall of famer (Bill Russell). No MLB or NFL hall of famers, or Heisman trophy winners.
Music:
Foo Fighters
Nirvana
Jimi Hendrix
Pearl Jam
So despite Cincinnati's much smaller population, it's influence on US history is much more profound than Seattle's. Outside of music Cincinnati has produced many more historical figures than Seattle, and that musical prominence, outside of Hendrix, was limited largely to the 90's grunge era. So all this talk of Cincinnati being unimportant is nothing more than uniformed bias.
I'll take Jimi Hendrix any day over Presidents Taft and Harrison...
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