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I'm a native of NW Ohio and Cincinnati always felt foreign to me. I don't know if I'd say it belongs in Kentucky but it definitely doesn't feel like the rest of the Ohio I know.
People in Cincinnati do not know Toledo is in the same state.
People saying Louisville clearly don't understand the city at all. It can't be anywhere except Kentucky. It certainly doesn't belong in Indiana that it borders.
Missoula and Bozeman, Montana. They are liberal college towns but Missoula especially, it may be liberal but it's surrounded by some of the most backwards conservatives you'll ever encounter.
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Missoula and Bozeman, Montana. They are liberal college towns but Missoula especially, it may be liberal but it's surrounded by some of the most backwards conservatives you'll ever encounter.
There are plenty of backwards liberals.
Politics is a circle. You can go left or right but if you go too far you all end up at the bottom.
Politics is a circle. You can go left or right but if you go too far you all end up at the bottom.
Yes, there are backwards liberals. I've not encountered many, most just the backwards conservative type. Extremists on either side suck in my opinion. Just a drain to be around.
I would agree with St. Louis. Our mayor challenged the marriage equality issue with conservative Missouri and succeeded before the Supreme Court decision. Missouri wanted to join the ranks of "right to work" states but many in St. Louis took a stand. These are a few of the examples. Lets not get started on gun control and minimum wage. Where St. Louis belongs is a good question but clearly not in Missouri.
This is mostly a case of the state being in a death spiral. I left MO after 65 years and 35 of those were in Jefferson City. The state legislature should go back to meeting every two years to keep those bozos from destroying what's left of the state. Looking back at the state from a safe distance is very depressing. St. Louis and Kansas City deserve better.
I propose that cities that developed as ports along major rivers in the interior of the country have a commonality that made them unique to their respective states and gave each a flavor that they share.
New Orleans
Memphis
St. Louis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Each of these have been mentioned in previous posts, but they have this river culture that loosely unite them. With rail, air and interstate highway eclipsing river travel in importance of moving people and goods, they all have sensed some decline in that side of their identity.
I think you raise a good point and I would add a couple cities to the list. History plays a big part in a city's culture and its place in the world. I think the river culture is still largely evident in some of the smaller cities and towns along the inland rivers but there are still recognizable threads in the larger river cities. Your point actually goes beyond this thread and explains some of the reasons these cities are memorable and maybe carry more weight than might be expected.
Old seaport cities are also in a class by themselves. If you listen to someone talk from New Orleans or Baltimore you recognize a difference that separates them from their region. (yes, New Orleans belongs in both lists)
I think you raise a good point and I would add a couple cities to the list. History plays a big part in a city's culture and its place in the world. I think the river culture is still largely evident in some of the smaller cities and towns along the inland rivers but there are still recognizable threads in the larger river cities. Your point actually goes beyond this thread and explains some of the reasons these cities are memorable and maybe carry more weight than might be expected.
Old seaport cities are also in a class by themselves. If you listen to someone talk from New Orleans or Baltimore you recognize a difference that separates them from their region. (yes, New Orleans belongs in both lists)
What makes you mention Baltimore? The way Baltimoreans speak is nothing separate from their region. They sound like people from the East Midland/Mid-Atlantic but with more Southern features.
The Yat accent however is in a class of its own however.
Yes Baltimore fits perfectly in its region. anyone saying otherwise clearly has not been around there much. the case can easily be made that DC does not fit in the region though, mainly because of the large number of transplants.
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