Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus vying for 2016 Political Conventions (military, bus)

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by jbcmh81

It clearly goes both ways if you go by this forum.... and they both hate Columbus.

It all really needs to stop. Hating on each other does not accomplish anything positive. The state and residents should be encouraging a more cooperative relationship. All 3 have their own weaknesses (and strengths), but they are stronger as a team rather than competitive enemies (despite what many here might believe to the contrary). Ohioans need to find a way to get over it.

In real life though, most people in Cleveland have an overwhelmingly positive view on Columbus. Me and my friends have always enjoyed coming down just to be in the city for Buckeye games, or to go to Comfest, Gallery Hops and take trips to German Village or COSI or the Olentangy Caverns. I did these things several times before I even moved there for school.

So many Columbusites are ex-Clevelanders and ex-Cincinnatians anyway. I don't think the hate on this board is actually reflective of real life. Although I will say, at my brother's graduation from UC, whoever the provost was did say something like "We are proud to be from Ohio, a state with great cities- Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus. And yes, in that order." I thought it was kinda funny, but that's just one anecdote that I heard to suggest that Cincinnatians tend to be a little more anti-other Ohio cities than the rest of the state.

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

In real life though, most people in Cleveland have an overwhelmingly positive view on Columbus. Me and my friends have always enjoyed coming down just to be in the city for Buckeye games, or to go to Comfest, Gallery Hops and take trips to German Village or COSI or the Olentangy Caverns. I did these things several times before I even moved there for school.

So many Columbusites are ex-Clevelanders and ex-Cincinnatians anyway. I don't think the hate on this board is actually reflective of real life. Although I will say, at my brother's graduation from UC, whoever the provost was did say something like "We are proud to be from Ohio, a state with great cities- Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus. And yes, in that order." I thought it was kinda funny, but that's just one anecdote that I heard to suggest that Cincinnatians tend to be a little more anti-other Ohio cities than the rest of the state.

If it was just this forum, I would be less inclined to believe it, but I've seen it a lot of other places, at least with online media. I'm sure in real life, most people just don't talk about it as much, but I don't believe that it's only an issue with media. It comes from somewhere real.

[Kamms]

Originally Posted by jbcmh81

It clearly goes both ways if you go by this forum.... and they both hate Columbus.

It all really needs to stop. Hating on each other does not accomplish anything positive. The state and residents should be encouraging a more cooperative relationship. All 3 have their own weaknesses (and strengths), but they are stronger as a team rather than competitive enemies (despite what many here might believe to the contrary). Ohioans need to find a way to get over it.

Of course it goes on in this forum. Like I stated before, I lived in Cinci and never knew there was a rivalry until then and it was just reinforced in the Enquirer editorial. If you recall Brent Larkin's article that CLE has some real problems if it loses the RNC to COL, there was no mention of Cinci at all. Let's face it, Larkin was providing the facts.

COL and CIN media, and the national media for that matter, like to play up CLE's problems and not its assets. This being the reason many are ''shocked'' that CLE won the RNC. This also creates the visitors that don't like CLE before they get there and refuse to like it no matter what. Of course the Dispatch and Enquirer immediately ran the ''RNC could be threatened in CLE because of LeBron's return'' theme stories.

[Kamms]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

In real life though, most people in Cleveland have an overwhelmingly positive view on Columbus. Me and my friends have always enjoyed coming down just to be in the city for Buckeye games, or to go to Comfest, Gallery Hops and take trips to German Village or COSI or the Olentangy Caverns. I did these things several times before I even moved there for school.

So many Columbusites are ex-Clevelanders and ex-Cincinnatians anyway. I don't think the hate on this board is actually reflective of real life. Although I will say, at my brother's graduation from UC, whoever the provost was did say something like "We are proud to be from Ohio, a state with great cities- Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus. And yes, in that order." I thought it was kinda funny, but that's just one anecdote that I heard to suggest that Cincinnatians tend to be a little more anti-other Ohio cities than the rest of the state.

I have never heard Cinci bashing from Cleveland folks as well. The football rivalry isn't that big since it's the Steelers v. Browns in Cleveland anyway.

I think Cinci has had these ''issues'' since it lost being the Queen City, way back in the 1870s and tend to be much more anti-Ohio cities in general and yet Cinci's tried to copy its version of the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame and The Flats from CLE...it's actually hilarious.

[motorman]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

...I don't think the hate on this board is actually reflective of real life. Although I will say, at my brother's graduation from UC, whoever the provost was did say something like "We are proud to be from Ohio, a state with great cities- Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus. And yes, in that order." I thought it was kinda funny, but that's just one anecdote that I heard to suggest that Cincinnatians tend to be a little more anti-other Ohio cities than the rest of the state.

You're ascribing undue importance to this anecdote concerning the provost's listing of the "3-Cs," and then employing it to infer something that doesn't exist.

The provost probably referred to the three cities the way he did either because, alphabetically, that's their correct arrangement or, MSA-wise, that's their proper order.

[jbcmh81]

<I>Crain's</I> editorial: Team Cleveland - Cleveland Business News - Northeast Ohio and Cleveland - Crain's Cleveland Business

Back on topic a bit, at least some in Cleveland are throwing their support for the DNC to go to Columbus.

[no1brownsfan]

I honestly hope that Columbus does get the DNC. It will truly show that as Ohio goes, so goes the rest of the nation.

[Kamms]

Originally Posted by jbcmh81

<I>Crain's</I> editorial: Team Cleveland - Cleveland Business News - Northeast Ohio and Cleveland - Crain's Cleveland Business

Back on topic a bit, at least some in Cleveland are throwing their support for the DNC to go to Columbus.

Are there any articles or editorials from COL and CIN supporting CLE's RNC bid or positive articles overall?

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by Kamms

Are there any articles or editorials from COL and CIN supporting CLE's RNC bid or positive articles overall?

Not that I know of, but considering they were all competing at the time, that probably would not have been likely. Now that Cleveland won the RNC, they're more free to support Columbus' bid for the DNC.

[Kamms]

Originally Posted by jbcmh81

Not that I know of, but considering they were all competing at the time, that probably would not have been likely. Now that Cleveland won the RNC, they're more free to support Columbus' bid for the DNC.

After both COL and CIN were eliminated from the RNC competition there should have been an endorsement or support from each city to have the RNC in Cleveland; there was not a peep of support for CLE from its ''peer'' C cities and last week's Enquirer editorial summed it all up. Thanks a lot for the support Ohio, especially COL and CIN.