Ohio Bashing!!!! (Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown: houses, to buy, prices)

[Cincy-Rise]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

Driving north on I-71 from Cincinnati, I could feel my sinuses draining the closer I got to Columbus.

Ewww. Was that TMI?

I never had sinus problems until I moved to Cincinnati ...

You should try living in the Southeast portion of the US ... horrible.

[antny692003]

I go to college in Illinois but live in Ohio and trust me when i say Ohio is a much better place all around.

Now yes we have some cold winters and some hot summers...but hello we are in th northern United States...we are pretty close to Canada which is normally cold during the winter...
but also...from an Ohio standpoint...Ohio has some pretty phenomenal education systems...we also have some of the best high school sports around the nation...the towns and cities in Ohio seem to be some of the safest places to live that I have come across

[Traveler87]

Originally Posted by antny692003

I go to college in Illinois but live in Ohio and trust me when i say Ohio is a much better place all around.

Now yes we have some cold winters and some hot summers...but hello we are in th northern United States...we are pretty close to Canada which is normally cold during the winter...
but also...from an Ohio standpoint...Ohio has some pretty phenomenal education systems...we also have some of the best high school sports around the nation...the towns and cities in Ohio seem to be some of the safest places to live that I have come across

You really have to travel the nation to see what Ohio really has to offer.

[tallinvestor]

As someone who has lived in many different areas, ohio is not bad at all. I have mostly lived in northern New England where cost of living is much higher and has about the same job opportunities. There are great parks and great areas of the different cities. I do realize that there are some depressed areas but there are some positive signs of things that will slowly start turning things around. Green Collar jobs opportunities in certain areas and much more. If you don't like Ohio don't live there, but don't knock it for those of us that do.

[Traveler87]

Originally Posted by tallinvestor

As someone who has lived in many different areas, ohio is not bad at all. I have mostly lived in northern New England where cost of living is much higher and has about the same job opportunities. There are great parks and great areas of the different cities. I do realize that there are some depressed areas but there are some positive signs of things that will slowly start turning things around. Green Collar jobs opportunities in certain areas and much more. If you don't like Ohio don't live there, but don't knock it for those of us that do.

Thank you so much for that post. Great post! Ohio has so much to offer. This nation needs Ohio. We have such a large economy. To each their own!!

[ryanek9freak]

Like I said..............Ashtabula. LOL.

[cwilloughby78]

The Columbus metro area and suburbs are an excellent example a great place to live, work and raise a family. But in my opinion as a life time resident of the Dayton metro area and suburbs, Culombus is the only bright spot in Ohio right now. Dayton, Toledo, Cleveland, and Cinninnati are all in desperate need of economic help. Please don't get me wrong I have loved growing up in Ohio, but I've seen a steady decline in jobs and growth in the Dayton area as manufacturers leave town. Now with Delphi's financial problems and no new vehicle lines expected to be produced in the Moraine GM plant after 2010. I think Dayton hasn't hit bottom yet. For this area the decline from the 1970's is still going on. Dayton has been tring hard to pull out of this decline, there's the new Schuster theater downtown and Fifth Third baseball field for the Reds Farm team the Dragons. So there is some growth just not at the level of Columbus. I love Ohio and will miss it when I move but I have to be honest it's not all a field of roses folks.

[Art1979]

Originally Posted by cwilloughby78

but I have to be honest it's not all a field of roses folks.

Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song...

[kyamy02]

I agree with some of you, but have you any of you been to Ashtabula?

I've been to Ashtabula many times as I have relatives and friends there (my mother was born and raised there) and it has been a very depressed/blighted town for several decades. Ever since many of the manufacturing companies closed their doors and relocated South and even overseas, the entire town of Ashtabula simply died. In order to make a living, most residents had to find work in either Cleveland (over an hour away for some) or in Erie, PA (also an hour commute). Even though it's an impoverished area, I'm not exactly sure you can compare it to Cincinnati because of the population as well as the unemployment is not as severe as it is in Ashtabula. The only time NE Ohio has any kind of revenue coming in is during the Summer months. It's the "Vacationland of Ohio". Unfortunately, when it comes to any kind of additional revenue coming to Cincinnati, it seems like nothing changes, irregardless of the season(s). I've lived in the Cincinnati metro-area for several years, on and off depending on the job opportunities. So far, trying to find work in Cincinnati is about zero-to-nothing which explains why the unemployment rate has put Cincinnati (or rather, Ohio) at #6 in the top 10 worst places to find a job. It's difficult to believe that a mere 10-15 years ago Cincinnati was labeled in the top 10 as one of the most liveable cities in the Nation. The only things Ohio has going in a positive manner is a river bearing it's name (only because Kentucky bureaucrates back-in-the-day decided to allow it to be dubbed the Ohio River, even though it technically belongs to Kentucky; also there's already a Kentucky River) and Lake Erie offering wonderful sunrises and sunsets -- forget about swimming in it which is another unfortunate result of Ohio red tape .... not doing anything about the high bacteria count that occurs every Summer and not have more strict regulations on those companies who are continuously still dumping hazardous or pollutant materials into Lake Erie. I'm sure there are those who remember The Mistake on the Lake!! All in all, Ohio just plain sucks.

[west5548]

Originally Posted by Cincy-Rise

You should try living in the Southeast portion of the US ... horrible.

I had very few sinus problems in the Southeast when I lived there as compared to Ohio where I have at least 6-8 major ones a year so far living here.