Having the Ohio and Kentucky border near

[WheresTheBeef]

Originally Posted by ms12345

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There are ~400,000 people choosing to live in NKY who would disagree with point 3.

As the old saying goes, "Opinions are like ahssholes-everybody has one." Let's take a look, however, at objective measures such as income, quality of life, educational achievement, quality of educational institutions, unemployment rate and Ohio wins practically every relevant measure.

P.S. There are 1.7 million people living on the Ohio side. That beats your 400,000!!!

[ms12345]

Originally Posted by WheresTheBeef

Let's take a look, however, at objective measures such as income, quality of life, educational achievement, quality of educational institutions, unemployment rate and Ohio wins practically every relevant measure.

Welcome back to the 1950's.

As one who has lived on both sides of the river the only discernible difference I have noticed is my property taxes are a lot higher in the northern burbs than in KY. Otherwise there is zero difference in quality of life.

Actually KY has also made considerable strides in education as of late. I see headlines like this quite often.

"Kentucky’s ranking in an annual assessment of all states on key education indicators rose four places, making it 10th in the nation for efforts to improve teaching, raise student achievement and many other variables related to public education.
Each year, Education Week (a national publication that focuses on P-12 education) produces a special issue called “Quality Counts.” The report tracks key education indicators and grades states on their policy efforts and outcomes. Kentucky ranked 14th in the nation last year. In 2010, the Commonwealth was in 34th place. "

I can't speak for the veracity of this particular article but I know they have made education a major priority over the last several years.

Times is a changin .
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[CarpathianPeasant]

Originally Posted by WheresTheBeef

As the old saying goes, "Opinions are like ahssholes-everybody has one." Let's take a look, however, at objective measures such as income, quality of life, educational achievement, quality of educational institutions, unemployment rate and Ohio wins practically every relevant measure.

P.S. There are 1.7 million people living on the Ohio side. That beats your 400,000!!!

There are 11,594,163 people (2014 estimate) living on the Ohio side east of the Indiana border, south of the Michigan. Or, is a vaguely defined area commonly called "Greater Cincinnati ("on the Ohio side") now a state unto itself? Now, here I thought the state unto itself was the Cleveland area....

Perhaps Mr. Boehner has blind-sided some. May I present Mitch McConnell?

There are bridges across the river for a reason and the traffic goes both ways both morning and night. And, the non-traveling people on both sides might find a serious need for those on the other side come someday.

[WheresTheBeef]

Originally Posted by CarpathianPeasant

There are 11,594,163 people (2014 estimate) living on the Ohio side east of the Indiana border, south of the Michigan. Or, is a vaguely defined area commonly called "Greater Cincinnati ("on the Ohio side") now a state unto itself? Now, here I thought the state unto itself was the Cleveland area....

Perhaps Mr. Boehner has blind-sided some. May I present Mitch McConnell?

There are bridges across the river for a reason and the traffic goes both ways both morning and night. And, the non-traveling people on both sides might find a serious need for those on the other side come someday.

Apples to apples, my friend. The person I was responding to made the assertion that because 400,000 people lived in NKY (Greater Cincy), that it must be great! I was pointing out that 1.7 million people (the Ohio counties of the Cincinnati metro) think the Ohio side is great.

[Kerby W-R]

Both sides are great and together they are terrific !