Rant: This Is Ridiculous...Cleveland Is Not the Blame For Ohio's Reputation (Columbus: school, pros and cons)

[Peregrine]

First off Cincy may lean, but they're still blue.


Secondly I am pretty sure he means because of that whole... river catching on fire thing. I STILL hear that from people. And it's so far into the distant past now, few actually know that rivers were catching fire all over the Midwest back then. It was such a common thing, it never made the news until ours was put on a magazine cover.

[Natural510]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

First off Cincy may lean, but they're still blue.


Secondly I am pretty sure he means because of that whole... river catching on fire thing. I STILL hear that from people. And it's so far into the distant past now, few actually know that rivers were catching fire all over the Midwest back then. It was such a common thing, it never made the news until ours was put on a magazine cover.

Yeah it’s pretty ridiculous. Do people even think of Three Mile Island when they hear Pittsburgh anymore? The EPA exists for a reason.

[QCongress83216]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

First off Cincy may lean, but they're still blue.


Secondly I am pretty sure he means because of that whole... river catching on fire thing. I STILL hear that from people. And it's so far into the distant past now, few actually know that rivers were catching fire all over the Midwest back then. It was such a common thing, it never made the news until ours was put on a magazine cover.

What people do you know still bring that up? The people who still talk about the the river catching on fire are the low hanging fruit crowd; they do that because it's easier to do. They just wanna flex on somebody by putting down a city to hype theirs up or make themselves feel better. That's like a grown man dunkin' on a child and acting like he's the best basketball player on the planet. Also, I don't hear people hype up Cincy like that either. Also, thanks to social media, politics and mainstream media; Ohio is the whipping boy for every state in America.

[TomJones123]

Originally Posted by QCongress83216

What people do you know still bring that up? The people who still talk about the the river catching on fire are the low hanging fruit crowd; they do that because it's easier to do.

Nah....its just cool that a river caught on fire...

[QCongress83216]

Originally Posted by TomJones123

Nah....its just cool that a river caught on fire...

No, it's not if everybody and their mama makes jokes about it for 60+ years and that's all you're city is known for and have every stand-up comedian making jokes about it for decades. I haven't heard a lot of Cincinatti jokes over the years. Also, most of you look at it and think or say, "At least that didn't happen to my city." A cow caused the Chicago Fire but nobody keeps bringing that up constantly.

[TomJones123]

Originally Posted by QCongress83216

No, it's not if everybody and their mama makes jokes about it for 60+ years and that's all you're city is known for and have every stand-up comedian making jokes about it for decades. I haven't heard a lot of Cincinatti jokes over the years. Also, most of you look at it and think or say, "At least that didn't happen to my city." A cow caused the Chicago Fire but nobody keeps bringing that up constantly.

Oh...theres plenty to joke about in Cincinnati...I wish the Ohio river would catch fire so we could get all that attention...

[bjimmy24]

This isn't a knock on Cincinnati at all, but I think Cleveland is just a nationally more relevant place than Cincinnati, so it gets both more praise and more criticism. Maybe I'm wrong, but just seems like Cleveland has more cultural references, news items, famous people, events, etc.

[TomJones123]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

This isn't a knock on Cincinnati at all, but I think Cleveland is just a nationally more relevant place than Cincinnati, so it gets both more praise and more criticism. Maybe I'm wrong, but just seems like Cleveland has more cultural references, news items, famous people, events, etc.

Most def...Cleveland has a much larger footprint and definately in the American shared consciousness...whatever that is....but ya.

[QCongress83216]

Originally Posted by TomJones123

Oh...theres plenty to joke about in Cincinnati...I wish the Ohio river would catch fire so we could get all that attention...

Cincinnati gets its share of attention (i.e. Bengals, Reds, Skyline Chilli, Cincinnati Music Festival).

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by QCongress83216

Cincinnati gets its share of attention (i.e. Bengals, Reds, Skyline Chilli, Cincinnati Music Festival).

meh just the Bengals really and only recently. I have no clue about the Cincinnati Music Festival and I doubt most people do either.