Relocating to Hebron area

[EclecticEars]

Censusdata, what are you talking about? Let's tackle this one by one, shall we?

Originally Posted by censusdata

The problem with the Ohio side is you have to go 15 miles from Downtown to find an area that's not a dump.

(a) Norwood, especially east of I-71, (b) East Walnut Hills, (c) Mount Adams, (d) Mount Lookout, (e) Hyde Park, (f) the rapidly gentrifying eastern portion of Over-the-Rhine. I can't believe you're in effect de facto labeling those areas as dumps.

Mount Adams has unparalleled views of spectacular beauty into its downtown area and across the river. Pittsburgh, from what I read, might be the only eastern American city that would compare in that regard. Not to mention, the beautiful, well-kept architecture, burgeoning nightlife, and all-hours safety.

The six areas I just mentioned are all interconnected and probably alone take up a good 20% chunk of the City of Cincinnati (although Norwood is a separate city.) I'm not factoring in other neighborhoods, such as Northside, or those in far western Cincinnati, that are also safe and very livable.

The Kentucky side is incredibly cleaner, with better infrastructure and no high crime areas.

Cleaner? Slightly. There is still litter all over the sides of the roads. Kentucky is the second most littered state I honestly think I've seen (Georgia is first by a long shot, though.)

Better infrastructure? I agree with you there.

No high crime rates? Generally, true. Southcentral Covington from 5th St. to Latonia (along and within 4-5 blocks of KY 17) still has a higher than average crime rate, especially violent crime. There is a lot of Section 8 for it to only be a city of 41,000.

Newport, Fort Thomas, Bellevue, and Dayton have all had drastic reductions in crime over the last 15 years. Drastic. Newport only had one murder in 2007, I believe, and that used to be the sin city of the Midwest as I understand it.

The roads in Cincy are just awful with lots of potholes and the traffic lights are really hard to see

Roads in NKY are better compared to Cincy. But, I-75 was God-awful for years in Fayette County, being full of potholes and cheap patchups and that crap. I-65 in Louisville is worse (more potholes, more bumpy, more dangerous, worse marked, etc.) than anything I've seen in Cincinnati. Even with the spaghetti or no-sense ramps in Cincinnati, at least they're better (not well, but better) marked in advance.