Louisville vs Cincinnati vs Tampa (best, state, crime, compare)

[Mycity4lyfe]

What's your favorite?

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[Dawn.Davenport]

Depending on your idea of fun, it's going to be a toss up between Tampa and Louisville. Personally, I'd go with Louisville hands down.

Louisville is the most hip and funky of three. If your tastes are more geared toward music, coffee shops, horse racing, bookstores, antiques, and dive bars, than Louisville is for you. It's the safest of the three. I also has the best food of the three. On the downside, it's also the least diverse of the three, and the people aren't exactly the most physically attractive.

Tampa has more to do in regards to the beach. Clearly, the mild winters are a draw too. It's also a stone's through from the amusement parks of Orlando. Tampa is the most sprawling of the three and the least walkable, if that matters to you. Tampa has the lowest obesity rate of the three.

Cincinnati, in my opinion, has the best architecture and the most impressive skyline of the three. Unfortunately it also seems to be the most run-down, and is struggling with crime. I also felt that there was not all that much to do there; though, that said, Cincinnati is changing rapidly. I'm predicting that in 10 years Cincinnati is going to be red hot and will undergo rapid gentrification.

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by Dawn.Davenport

Depending on your idea of fun, it's going to be a toss up between Tampa and Louisville. Personally, I'd go with Louisville hands down.

Louisville is the most hip and funky of three. If your tastes are more geared toward music, coffee shops, horse racing, bookstores, antiques, and dive bars, than Louisville is for you. It's the safest of the three. I also has the best food of the three. On the downside, it's also the least diverse of the three, and the people aren't exactly the most physically attractive.

Tampa has more to do in regards to the beach. Clearly, the mild winters are a draw too. It's also a stone's through from the amusement parks of Orlando. Tampa is the most sprawling of the three and the least walkable, if that matters to you. Tampa has the lowest obesity rate of the three.

Cincinnati, in my opinion, has the best architecture and the most impressive skyline of the three. Unfortunately it also seems to be the most run-down, and is struggling with crime. I also felt that there was not all that much to do there; though, that said, Cincinnati is changing rapidly. I'm predicting that in 10 years Cincinnati is going to be red hot and will undergo rapid gentrification.

I mostly agree. I'd add that Louisville and Cincinnati have outstanding park systems, both urban parks and more primitive parks that offer hiking, kayaking, and camping. Cincinnati has very high property taxes, which is why most growth in that metro area is on the less taxed KY side. Tampa has great beaches and is in a state with no income tax.

[TheMahValley]

Originally Posted by Dawn.Davenport

Depending on your idea of fun, it's going to be a toss up between Tampa and Louisville. Personally, I'd go with Louisville hands down.

Louisville is the most hip and funky of three. If your tastes are more geared toward music, coffee shops, horse racing, bookstores, antiques, and dive bars, than Louisville is for you. It's the safest of the three. I also has the best food of the three. On the downside, it's also the least diverse of the three, and the people aren't exactly the most physically attractive.

Tampa has more to do in regards to the beach. Clearly, the mild winters are a draw too. It's also a stone's through from the amusement parks of Orlando. Tampa is the most sprawling of the three and the least walkable, if that matters to you. Tampa has the lowest obesity rate of the three.

Cincinnati, in my opinion, has the best architecture and the most impressive skyline of the three. Unfortunately it also seems to be the most run-down, and is struggling with crime. I also felt that there was not all that much to do there; though, that said, Cincinnati is changing rapidly. I'm predicting that in 10 years Cincinnati is going to be red hot and will undergo rapid gentrification.

Out of the three, Cincinnati is changing the most from downtown throughout the basin up towards the neighborhoods in the hills. Just compare the amount of construction in downtown Cincinnati to downtown Louisville. From the park system to the cultural amenities, I think Cincinnati has the other two beat.

Originally Posted by censusdata

I mostly agree. I'd add that Louisville and Cincinnati have outstanding park systems, both urban parks and more primitive parks that offer hiking, kayaking, and camping. Cincinnati has very high property taxes, which is why most growth in that metro area is on the less taxed KY side. Tampa has great beaches and is in a state with no income tax.

What? Honestly, I wish Cincinnati was built somewhere else along the river away from Kentucky. Kentucky has IMO held Cincinnati back (mostly because of how certain infrastructure is built with Kentucky in mind). From its backwards politics to not being able to figure out anything on a state level. The unemployment rate is high, the poverty rate is horrible, and the state can't figure out basic infrastructure issues. Meanwhile, on the Ohio side of the river, I-75 is being reconstructed for the bridge (Kentucky still debates how the bridge should be funded), and companies are leaving Kentucky for Ohio (fortune 500 Omnicare). The fastest growing areas in Metro Cincinnati are Warren and Butler Counties north of the city.

[projectmaximus]

I've only visited Cincinnati twice for 3-4 days and Louisville once for a day.

That said, I would imagine Tampa would win based on that criteria. It wins big in weather, and the other categories don't offer a significant enough difference to warrant any change in that ranking.