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All three are historic river cities, that have a lot of cultural heritage and get overlooked and underrated.
But despite having a similar metro and city population, it seems that St. Louis and probably Pittsburgh seem to be slightly more well known than Cincinnati.
I haven't been to Pittsburgh, but I have been to both STL and Cincy, and I think Cincy is a little more charming, fun, with a nicer riverfront, and a bit bigger and nicer downtown.
Is it St. Louis's beer empire of Bud-Anheuser-Busch or the ARCH that makes St. Louis a bit more well known in the US. and abroad?
For those of you who know both, What do you think?
I always thought that STL was pretty underrated as it was. Pittsburgh gets more recognition because of its former glory and because it's still a great place to be. But you are right, no one really knows or cares that much about Cincinnati. I guess I never really thought it about but its metro is huge. 2 million people! Maybe it's because it doesn't get at much mention in the media as the other cities? I don't know.
All three are historic river cities, that have a lot of cultural heritage and get overlooked and underrated.
But despite having a similar metro and city population, it seems that St. Louis and probably Pittsburgh seem to be slightly more well known than Cincinnati.
I haven't been to Pittsburgh, but I have been to both STL and Cincy, and I think Cincy is a little more charming, fun, with a nicer riverfront, and a bit bigger and nicer downtown.
Is it St. Louis's beer empire of Bud-Anheuser-Busch or the ARCH that makes St. Louis a bit more well known in the US. and abroad?
For those of you who know both, What do you think?
I think the reason mainly for STL and Pittsburgh's higher popularity is eithe backwards unfair and irrational thinking, sports teams, beer, and size. Cincinnati is definitely on the map as Ive had only 1 person wonder where that is, (facepalm). But tbh people born in Cincinnati definitely like it more than transplants. Dont know why. I am from Los Angeles and moved here because of its potential, and like it here. I plan to leave here in maybe 3 years and see what Atlanta is like.
Every city deserves a chance and Cincinnati is definitely MUCH underrated.
cincinnati is a much quieter and more conservative city than pittsburgh and st. louis. it is also lacking a major university that draws students from outside the region.
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STL and PITT sports teams are more popular, plus they are known for things like the arch (STL) and steel (PITT). I cant think of solid staples of the same popularity that Cincy is known for.
That's true, although Pennsylvania and Missouri aren't "one city" states either.
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STL and PITT sports teams are more popular, plus they are known for things like the arch (STL) and steel (PITT). I cant think of solid staples of the same popularity that Cincy is known for.
Yeah, those are the best reasons I can think of too. PIT and STL have something that comes to mind immediately when you think of them (steel, arch) and high sports profiles I've been to Cincy and found it a charming city, but if I were asked "What is Cincy nationally known for?" I'd scratch my head. This is probably unfair to Cincy but the last thing I can recall it being in the news for is the race riots ~10 years ago.
Why is LA more known than SF? Dallas more known than Houston? Orlando more known than Jacksonville or Tampa?
You see some cities market themselves more than others, some cities like coke addicts take every opportunity they receive to make an ad and promote their city. Its done by incentives, popularity, and culture. Detroit has incentives appealing to film industry thus they choose to film there and not Saint Louis, etc. LA's culture is exported to the world, people from all over come to LA to see that culture and it adds to popularity.
Cincy doesn't do that, it promotes itself as a business town and nothing more. Pittsburgh and Saint Louis, Pittsburgh especially take opportunities to promote their city as much as they can from G20 summit to "most livable cities ranking" to elsewhere Cincy doesnt really do that. Saint Louis promotes its history through popular culture in books, TV shows, and folklore and Cincy doesn't.
Pittsburgh and St. Louis don't have a commerative coin honoring them like Cincinnati.
They were going to get a commem, congressmen saw to that, and the most famous thing about Cincy is being a music center?
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