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How is Cincinnati better in every other way? Just because it's older? From what I've seen, it looks like the typical rust belt city. A bit run down and like a fraction of what it use to be.
Google photos - educate yourself.
Cinci is more charm than rust belt, and it's not "run down."
Look at Cinci's new riverfront, streetcar and "Over-The Rhine."
Cinci is better culturally because it's much older, and culture develops over decades.
A city like SLC gained population quickly and the arts take time to develop.
That would be something since SLC isn't even a West Coast city.
It's not; its decline wasn't nearly as steep and dramatic as other Rust Belt cities and you can tell if you've ever visited.
uhhh, lets not get carried away here, Cincy lost an incredible amount of urban fabric from urban renewal projects and spaghetti highways. You're just not noticing the large parts of the city that were lost.
uhhh, lets not get carried away here, Cincy lost an incredible amount of urban fabric from urban renewal projects and spaghetti highways. You're just not noticing the large parts of the city that were lost.
Everything you see in this photo except for the train station is completely gone today, it's nothing but urban renewal and highways.
It's not; its decline wasn't nearly as steep and dramatic as other Rust Belt cities and you can tell if you've ever visited.
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Originally Posted by rumba77
Google photos - educate yourself.
Cinci is more charm than rust belt, and it's not "run down."
Look at Cinci's new riverfront, streetcar and "Over-The Rhine."
Cinci is better culturally because it's much older, and culture develops over decades.
A city like SLC gained population quickly and the arts take time to develop.
Okay, I take back the run down part. That's my ignorance. I still think that it's a city that not what it use to be, whereas SLC is just now rising.
Just curious but how Mormoncentric is SLC? I prematurely voted for Cincy in part because I don't want to deal with that.
It's pretty easily avoided in the city of Salt Lake. The farther south you go in Salt Lake Valley, the stronger the church influence gets. By the time you get to Utah Valley, it is overwhelming to most people.
I adore Salt Lake City and would easily prefer it over Cincinnati but it, like any city, is not for everyone.
Both cities had Delta Airlines hubs in the past, but Cincinnati was downsized as it is too close to the larger hubs in Detroit and, to some degree, Atlanta. Salt Lake City's isolation and central location within the West is more of an advantage as an airline hub.
I don't think the areas are that much alike in most other respects, other than being more politically conservative than national averages, but in both cases the urban cores are getting more liberal. Demographically Cincinnati is a much more "typical" American metropolis than Salt Lake City.
How is Cincinnati better in every other way? Just because it's older? From what I've seen, it looks like the typical rust belt city. A bit run down and like a fraction of what it use to be.
The city is run down in various parts, but there is a decent amount of gentrification and revitalization going on (see OTR, Mt. Washington, Mt. Adams etc.) Salt Lake City was safer and cleaner in appearance while I was there. It also appeared more vibrant. Cincinnati, although a larger metro, feels more compact and urban.
It's pretty easily avoided in the city of Salt Lake. The farther south you go in Salt Lake Valley, the stronger the church influence gets. By the time you get to Utah Valley, it is overwhelming to most people.
I adore Salt Lake City and would easily prefer it over Cincinnati but it, like any city, is not for everyone.
Not really. The LDS Church owns the big new mall downtown and that new flashy mall still has to adhere to quirky LDS teachings and State laws. Temple Square is the biggest attraction in SLC. The Church Office Building stands as the "ruler" of the city and state. There are LDS Church's every few blocks.
SLC proper itself may seem more liberal but by Utah standards and can still feel very provincial to people from outside of the LDS empire.
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