Northern Kentucky breaking off from Cincinnati...Finally! (Louisville, Covington: neighborhood, university)

[Kentuckyguy]

Does anyone else think it is neat to see how Northern Kentucky has finally broken off from Cincinnati and finally become it's own area again?

We now have our own newspapers, The Kentucky Post and The Kentucky Enquirer, our own bank, The Bank of Kentucky, Remke Markets (specializing in KY products found from around the state), our own baseball team The Florence Freedom, The Kentucky Speedway, Northern Kentucky University, The Kentucky Sympathy Orchestra, our own International Airport, our own malls and our own skyline in Covington!

Northern Kentucky has finally returned to the way it was before the John Roebling Bridge was finished in 1867 connecting Northern Kentucky to Cincinnati! Being from this area, I am thankful now that this area has finally become it's own, separate from Cincinnati! It is about time! I am glad we are now even a greater part of our great state, Kentucky!

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by Kentuckyguy

Does anyone else think it is neat to see how Northern Kentucky has finally broken off from Cincinnati and finally become it's own area again?

We now have our own newspapers, The Kentucky Post and The Kentucky Enquirer, our own bank, The Bank of Kentucky, Remke Markets (specializing in KY products found from around the state), our own baseball team The Florence Freedom, The Kentucky Speedway, Northern Kentucky University, The Kentucky Sympathy Orchestra, our own International Airport, our own malls and our own skyline in Covington!




Northern Kentucky has finally returned to the way it was before the John Roebling Bridge was finished in 1867 connecting Northern Kentucky to Cincinnati! Being from this area, I am thankful now that this area has finally become it's own, separate from Cincinnati! It is about time! I am glad we are now even a greater part of our great state, Kentucky!

That's wonderful! I am all for preserving state heritage. I for one hate the term "Kentuckiana" for this area, God put that river there for a reason dang it!

[Kentuckyguy]

Originally Posted by missymomof3

That's wonderful! I am all for preserving state heritage. I for one hate the term "Kentuckiana" for this area, God put that river there for a reason dang it!

I could not agree with you more! While Louisville and Northern Kentucky may be close to the state border, we are both a great part of the state of Kentucky! Yes, I am also very thankful for the river being there.

[tibor75]

Simplistic thinking, because the only reason northern KY exists as a separate region is becuase of Cincinnati. No Cincinnati = northern KY is nothing special.

[nkycinty]

Although I do think NKY has its own "identity" because of the outstanding development and soaring population, it is still STRONGLY connected to Cincinnati. Actually, I think it's becoming MORE connected. Many people in NKY work in Cincinnati. Even a lot of people in Cincinnati works in NKY. And really, we don't have our "own" airport. The only reason that it's there is because of Cincy. People going there for business or whatever. I will always look at the Tri-State as a whole, instead of individual regions. Also, the Florence Freedom team isn't anything to brag about. I respect them. I would just pay a couple more dollars to see a Reds game. Maybe I'm thinking of Greater Cincinnati instead of NKY itself. My mistake. But NKY is and will always be connected to Cincinnati unless Cincy dies out which I hope doesn't happen.

[stx12499]

Originally Posted by missymomof3

That's wonderful! I am all for preserving state heritage. I for one hate the term "Kentuckiana" for this area, God put that river there for a reason dang it!

No offense, but as an outsider who lived in Louisville for 4 years, I can tell you that this provinical thinking is what has held the area back. Without the "iana", Louisville is more in line with Knoxville, TN size wise. It is the greater metro region which allows Louisville to compete economically with similar sized cities like Oklahoma City and Memphis, and even slightly larger cities like Nashville or Indianapolis. That river is nothing more than a political boundary. The northern parts of New Albany, look, feel, and act, no different than SW Louisville, for example. Downtown New Albany and Jeffersonville have enough quaint retail and history to compete with any historic Louisville neighborhood such as Germantown. Louisville city officals have this same provinical thinking. When a company jumps across the river, it should not be viewed as a political issue but a win for the metro area. A company leaving the city could easily relocate outside the metro area, stealing those jobs away.

From a cultural and even sports perspective, S. Indiana IS Louisville. It is a collection of suburbs no different than PRP or Jeffersowntown, only closer to downtown! There is some fight against this provinical thinking:

Wired65 -- Talent Driving Regional Prosperity

If Louisville is to compete in this new gobal economy, its residents need to accept the whole metro area as one. Likewise, the same is true of Cincinnati. Someone who says NKY is a completely separate area from Cincy just has their blinders on.

[mdawg]

Originally Posted by stx12499

No offense, but as an outsider who lived in Louisville for 4 years, I can tell you that this provinical thinking is what has held the area back. Without the "iana", Louisville is more in line with Knoxville, TN size wise. It is the greater metro region which allows Louisville to compete economically with similar sized cities like Oklahoma City and Memphis, and even slightly larger cities like Nashville or Indianapolis. That river is nothing more than a political boundary. The northern parts of New Albany, look, feel, and act, no different than SW Louisville, for example. Downtown New Albany and Jeffersonville have enough quaint retail and history to compete with any historic Louisville neighborhood such as Germantown. Louisville city officals have this same provinical thinking. When a company jumps across the river, it should not be viewed as a political issue but a win for the metro area. A company leaving the city could easily relocate outside the metro area, stealing those jobs away.

From a cultural and even sports perspective, S. Indiana IS Louisville. It is a collection of suburbs no different than PRP or Jeffersowntown, only closer to downtown! There is some fight against this provinical thinking:

Wired65 -- Talent Driving Regional Prosperity

If Louisville is to compete in this new gobal economy, its residents need to accept the whole metro area as one. Likewise, the same is true of Cincinnati. Someone who says NKY is a completely separate area from Cincy just has their blinders on.

There is just something about living in Indiana. I don't think I could do it. Anyone I know who lives in Indiana close to Louisville is always IN Louisville, so I always ask them why they just don't live in Louisville. Something about Indiana makes me feel like I am back in NE Ohio, maybe because there is a lot of industry along the interstate, but there is just nothing special or appealing about S. Indiana to me.

[Beavercreek33]

I don't see in anyway at all how it is breaking away from Cincinnati. I am sorry, but it was thanks to Cincinnati that we see Newport and Covington where they are today. You can sit there and deny that all you want, but its true. The international airport (where most of the arrivals coming in are going to the Ohio side of the border) is in Kentucy, bringing in huge revenue not only for NKY, but the state. Its a DELTA hub!

Cincinnati has helped out Covington/Newport immensly. It could be in the same postion as E. St. Louis or Camden where St. Louis and Philly have not helped out their border neighbors little if any at all. But Cincinnati has worked side by side with Covington/Newport and made sure they create a powerful economy, a great place to live, and skylines that go from one side of the river to the other.

Covington/Newport have huge says in the Banks Project going on Cincinnati's central riverfront. Many residents from Cincy visit Newport, many people from Kentucky come to downtown Cincy to work at the many fortune 500 companies located downtown, for shopping, entertainment. Many people from NKY go to the new Ikea or Kings Island. Many from Cincinnati go to NKY to get to the airport. Cincinnati also has kind of a "beltway" going on. It goes around Cincinnati's northern suburbs down through NKY.

Whether you like it or not, this is ONE region, and it needs to work together. Because if you don't, the odds do not look good for NKY. Luckily there are smart leaders in Cincinnati/NKY metro making sure things get worked out. If not, just look at E. St. Louis, Camden, West Memphis, or even Gary.

They are not breaking off at all, they are growing and prospering together.

[InLondon]

Originally Posted by Kentuckyguy

Does anyone else think it is neat to see how Northern Kentucky has finally broken off from Cincinnati and finally become it's own area again?

We now have our own newspapers, The Kentucky Post and The Kentucky Enquirer, our own bank, The Bank of Kentucky, Remke Markets (specializing in KY products found from around the state), our own baseball team The Florence Freedom, The Kentucky Speedway, Northern Kentucky University, The Kentucky Sympathy Orchestra, our own International Airport, our own malls and our own skyline in Covington!

Northern Kentucky has finally returned to the way it was before the John Roebling Bridge was finished in 1867 connecting Northern Kentucky to Cincinnati! Being from this area, I am thankful now that this area has finally become it's own, separate from Cincinnati! It is about time! I am glad we are now even a greater part of our great state, Kentucky!

Great post! Covington actually has a skyline now and it's a nice one too.

[Beavercreek33]

Originally Posted by mdawg

There is just something about living in Indiana. I don't think I could do it. Anyone I know who lives in Indiana close to Louisville is always IN Louisville, so I always ask them why they just don't live in Louisville. Something about Indiana makes me feel like I am back in NE Ohio, maybe because there is a lot of industry along the interstate, but there is just nothing special or appealing about S. Indiana to me.

I see no industry at all in NE Ohio when I travel most of I-77 from Akron to Cleveland. I see Cleveland/Akron's awesome Cuyahoga Nat'l Park and Cleveland's top rated metro park system. When you are in a highly urbanized area, that is what you are going to see, INDUSTRY. Look at Northern New Jersey, SE Pennsylvania, etc etc etc.