Warren County (Cincinnati, Medina, Mason: low crime, home, high school)

[paintballer1708]

I know Warren County is one of the fastest growing counties in the nation, but i also know it is a very nice place to live. I just hope growth isnt getting out of control. I know it is home to Kings Island. Some of the places im looking into are Kings Mills, Lebanon, and Mason. Any suggestions?

[CurranKid]

I am a transplant from Medina and love Lebanon.

[RuggedRick]

I have lived in Lebanon for several years. Yes some times I feel it is growing too much too fast. However over all it still is a good small town. Low crime. Good schools. I work at the local hardware store so I do get to see a lot of folks. Most are good people.

[Sabinaguy]

Being fimilar with the area, Lebanon is a good choice, it is cheaper and just as nice as Mason. Although all three are nice, you could concider more rural areas such as Morrow, Waynesville, and Harveysburg. They all have good schools and low crime.

[woxyroxme]

I'm in Lebanon and I have lived here a long time, the growth has all but ruined the area and it's not the place I grew up in. Mason is horrific due to having the Fields-Ertel and the Tylersville Rd. sprawl growing like cancer. When I was a kid there was nothing in either area.

[Ohiogirl81]

I lived in Lebanon for nine years. It's a beautiful town and has tried hard to balance growth with keeping the small-town and historic aspects. It's a very walkable town, which I really enjoyed.

It's been awhile, and everyone's experience is different, but my experience was that Lebanon is very insular, and not very welcoming to newcomers. I had a hard time finding a niche there, even though I knew a lot of people in town through business and church.

[woxyroxme]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

my experience was that Lebanon is very insular, and not very welcoming to newcomers.

It has been that way for as long as I can remember, it was much worse years ago when almost everyone in town knew each other.

[Ohioan58]

Originally Posted by woxyroxme

It has been that way for as long as I can remember, it was much worse years ago when almost everyone in town knew each other.

The social problem with the entire Cin-Day region is defensive cliqueiness. Newcomers generally can just go to hell. People here form cliques just to be mean and to exclude others. It seems to go with the silly 40 year olds around Cincinnati bragging up their high school.

When I moved to the area I first lived in Landen and found people there to be very stuck up and very arrogant, but really just stupid closed minded rednecks under the surface. Kind of a stereotypical supposed "New England snob" without even a prestigious location to back them up.

Lebanon has some of that but more in an "Ok, I'm supposed to be impressed that you never shop at Wal-Mart" way. I had some girl tell me once that her family lived in a certain mass cookie cutter development in Lebanon like I was supposed to be oh-so-impressed.

Lebanon has always struck me as bipartite: either longtime locals with a smug stuck up attitude, or total white trash redneck. Not many people in the comfortably "welcoming" middle class middle.

[Daytonnatian]

Originally Posted by Ohioan58

The social problem with the entire Cin-Day region is defensive cliqueiness. Newcomers generally can just go to hell. People here form cliques just to be mean and to exclude others. It seems to go with the silly 40 year olds around Cincinnati bragging up their high school.

When I moved to the area I first lived in Landen and found people there to be very stuck up and very arrogant, but really just stupid closed minded rednecks under the surface. Kind of a stereotypical supposed "New England snob" without even a prestigious location to back them up.

Lebanon has some of that but more in an "Ok, I'm supposed to be impressed that you never shop at Wal-Mart" way. I had some girl tell me once that her family lived in a certain mass cookie cutter development in Lebanon like I was supposed to be oh-so-impressed.

Lebanon has always struck me as bipartite: either longtime locals with a smug stuck up attitude, or total white trash redneck. Not many people in the comfortably "welcoming" middle class middle.

This is probably because Warren County is EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE. It also has a southern country-club suburb vibe to it in most areas. However, the further north you go, the less snobbishness you'll experience.