Favorite nearby out of state city: Nashville or Cincinnati? (Lexington: neighborhood, schools)

[MichaelBNA]

Originally Posted by stx12499

Indy is.....boring. Besided the Colts, Pacers, Saks, and Nordstrom, there is little to no reason for someone from Louisville to go to Indy. Louisville IMO has substantially better nightlife, arts, culture, and dining. It is just a more interesting city to me, and I have lived in Indy for a couple years, so I speak from experience.

Downtown Indy to downtown Louisville is really only an hour and forty mins, anbout 10 mins further than Cincinnati from Louisville.

Also, downtown Louisville to downtown Chicago is less than 300 miles. If one drives 80 its easily a 4 to four and a half hour trip. Mapquest puts it at four hours and 47 mins, and mapquest alwayssss overestimates. If you can't deal with Chicago traffic, its because you are not a native who knows your way around it

Nashville and Cincinnati are bigger than Louisville and have more amenities, but not substantially so. The fact is, they are nice diversions, but all three are midsized cities. Why not escape to a truly big city if you are looking to do the city thing? A little known fact in KY is that Louisville is a bigger city than Nashville, but its metro area is about 300,000 smaller now, which is a big, but not huge difference in the scheme of things.

If I had to choose between Cincy and Nashville, I would take Cincy every day of the week. It is a good clip larger and killing Nasville in walkability, urban neighborhoods, and historic culture.

2008 MSA estimates

Cincinnati 2.15 million
Nashville 1.55 million
Louisville 1.25 million

Hilarious post! Especially considering it's coming from a Mod! Eitherway, city populations mean nothing, it's the MSA population numbers that matter. I really do take exception to your last sentence. Especially the part about walkability. You do realize that Cincy is set among some rather steep bluffs and hills don't you? That's not exactly the most "walkable" terrain. Eitherway, I'd love to see some comparisons from you to back your claims up with.

[EclecticEars]

What I love about Cincy: Greater's Ice Cream, Skyline Chili, Dixie Chili, the skyline, Fountain Square, Fountain Square festivals, Italianate and German-inspired architecture downtown, Mount Adams, East Walnut Hills/Hyde Park, Eden Park, Ault Park, Mount Lookout, Cincinnati Observatory, the relative ease of navigating traffic, Jungle Jim's, the ambiance created with the hills surrounding the city, Roebling Bridge, Purple People Bridge, Lytle Park and the National Steamboat Memorial, an extensive public library system, awesome suburbs such as Mariemont and Milford, Kenwood Towne Center, Rookwood Pavilion, the non-stop festivals throughout Cincy and NKY, the fact that I can fly directly to Europe or Asia at a given whim, a great selection of top-rated graduate education programs, etc.

I don't know as much about Nashville, but I'd be hard-pressed to believe that I would like it any better then Cincinnati. No offense to Nashville, as I do really like its awesome and bustling downtown and the West End. Also, I haven't seen Southern hospitality abounding in Nashville like Nashvillians claim it does--not that they're necessarily rude or anything; I find the everyday Cincinnatian to be every bit as friendly and polite as the Nashvillian. Just my $.02, though.

[MichaelBNA]

Originally Posted by EclecticEars

, the fact that I can fly directly to Europe or Asia at a given whim, a great selection of top-rated graduate education programs, etc.

You may not be able to do that for much longer. Delta is pretty much on the verge of pulling the entire hub down from Cincy and with that means any non-stop flights to Europe. As for Asia, they don't have non-stop service to Asia from CVG.

I do love the Skyline Chili and wished we had it down here!! Man, it's a welcomed solution to a cool day. Cincy has some great educational institutions no doubt, but so do most mid-large cities in the US. Nashville is certainly no exception there with Vanderbilt and Belmont among others that are nationally recognized.

[Beavercreek33]

Originally Posted by MichaelBNA

Hilarious post! Especially considering it's coming from a Mod! Eitherway, city populations mean nothing, it's the MSA population numbers that matter. I really do take exception to your last sentence. Especially the part about walkability. You do realize that Cincy is set among some rather steep bluffs and hills don't you? That's not exactly the most "walkable" terrain. Eitherway, I'd love to see some comparisons from you to back your claims up with.

hmmm, I recall Pittsburgh also being very walkable, and in fact was named one of America's Most Walkable cities. Pittsburgh is more hilly than Cincinnati.

[Beavercreek33]

Originally Posted by MichaelBNA

You may not be able to do that for much longer. Delta is pretty much on the verge of pulling the entire hub down from Cincy and with that means any non-stop flights to Europe. As for Asia, they don't have non-stop service to Asia from CVG.

I do love the Skyline Chili and wished we had it down here!! Man, it's a welcomed solution to a cool day. Cincy has some great educational institutions no doubt, but so do most mid-large cities in the US. Nashville is certainly no exception there with Vanderbilt and Belmont among others that are nationally recognized.

I agree, Nashville has some good universities, but your claim to almost "every mid-sized" city in the U.S. can contribute to that is not correct. Its hard to come by a great university that has set up roots in an area, and has gained a great national reputation.... For instance Vanderbilt, Xavier, etc.

[Beavercreek33]

Originally Posted by kentuckydad95

What makes one city better than the other? Every person thinks their city/town is better than the next. That goes all the way down to even the smallest towns. Hell, I think Murray is better than Mayfield. Is it really? Who knows. I obviously like Nashville better because I am closer to it. It also has professional sports teams. Louisville will never get that. BUT, Louisville has a Six Flags, so that gives it a leg up over Louisville. Pretty soon, this thread will get down to who has more malls and better hospitals. LOL

LOL I like the more malls comment. Cincinnati just built an Ikea, does that count?!

[kentuckydad95]

I do hate that Opryland is gone in Nashville, replaced with something they have a TON of...a mall.

[dixiegirl7]

Originally Posted by kentuckydad95

I do hate that Opryland is gone in Nashville, replaced with something they have a TON of...a mall.

I hate that Opryland is gone also. That was one of my favorite things about Nashville. I hate that they got rid of it for a mall and to expand a hotel...yuck.

[MichaelBNA]

Originally Posted by kentuckydad95

I do hate that Opryland is gone in Nashville, replaced with something they have a TON of...a mall.

I totally agree with that. As do most Nashvillians for that matter. Even Gaylord has hinted to the destruction of Opryland as being a big mistake for them. Very shot-sightedness on their part. They are buying up land on that side of town in what most think is a partnership with Disney. We'll see what happens after the economy picks back up.....

[MichaelBNA]

Originally Posted by Beavercreek33

I agree, Nashville has some good universities, but your claim to almost "every mid-sized" city in the U.S. can contribute to that is not correct. Its hard to come by a great university that has set up roots in an area, and has gained a great national reputation.... For instance Vanderbilt, Xavier, etc.

I'm sorry but I disagree. Notice, and even you pointed this out, that I said "almost". What that means is that most, not all, just most. Take a look and you would see that many, many mid-sized cities in the US have schools that have fit the description you just gave. Of course, the results are totally objection here, but most cities have institutions of higher learning that are more than capable in many ways.