Cincinnati, Ohio

fuggidaboudit
Living in Cincinnati
2y ago
🦉🦉🦉

One thing I didn't see mentioned and which usually surprises visitors is Cincinnati's topography - we're situated just below where the glaciers ground to a halt and so called the city of seven hills. Where most Midwestern cities are notoriously flat and laid out in mostly neat, predictable grids - say Indianapolis or Columbus - Cincy is extremely hilly which creates a lot of interesting vistas, fascinating neighborhoods and windy roads that follow the terrain. It is consistently one of the most remarked upon aspects of people unfamiliar with the city.

Purrilla
Living near Cincinnati
2y ago
🦉🦉🦉🦉

Hi neighbor! I've lived in Cincy 20 years and still haven't seen everything! So much to see and do. We have a lot of water around, rivers leading to the Ohio. Also lakes. All thanks to glacial melt. I kayak quite a bit. I hike too. I have a membership to Cincinnati Nature Center ($100 annual) and Hamilton county parks, $15 non resident. Hamilton county encompasses all Cincinnati parks. Red River Gorge is 2 hours south, in Kentucky. Hocking Hills is 2 1/2 hours North East from Cincy. Pyramid Hill outdoor giant sculpture park. Amazing zoo- baby Fritz the newborn hippo, Khron's conservatory and the butterfly exhibit, Cincinnati art museum.

Our food scene is very diverse. Plenty for everyone. We love to brew and distill in this city too. No shortage there. Wanna gamble, got 2 casinos. Wanna bet on horses we have a track. And Kentucky has the Derby the 2nd Saturday in May.

I live suburban, about 15 miles out of downtown. The greater Cincy area has a Ton of history. Civil war battle sites, underground railroad to assist with slaves escaping the south, prohibition and gangsters-speak easy, porkopolis, underground beer cellars. Eat some fried goetta and a 2 or 3 cheese coneys from Skyline.

You just gotta visit. We're rich in history and culture. I can't list everything! LOL How'd I do? You ready to visit now?

TheBigCrouton
Living in Cincinnati
2y ago
🦉🦉🦉

Edited 2y ago
•
If you are someone that likes both nature and urban areas, Cincy would be a great place. There are basically protected forests and parks on all sides of the city within a 15 minute drive. Pretty walkable compared to other cities I’ve been to as well.

The greater urban area is VERY spread out, all the way up to Dayton really. So you may not always be going downtown for entertainment and food and such. Pretty much any direction you go out of the city will also have a good amount to do.

I always like to say it’s the perfect size to have all the things you want from living near a city but not so big and crowded that it’s not too expensive to live in either.

Also, the city is much more creative and artistic than the world likes to give it credit for. There’s a mural on every other building downtown. Tons of tours stop here, lots of performance venues. At one point Vine street had something like 100 drinking establishments all on one road. It is a genuinely fun place to be.

Eureka22
Living in Cincinnati
6mo ago
🦉🦉🦉

Every city has certain things it's great at, but the one that really stood out to me when I moved here (and my family comments on when the visit) is the number of natural parks throughout the actual city areas. Not just grassy squares, but hiking trails and botanical gardens. Many cities have those on the outskirts, but the forward thinking to preserve individual areas throughout to allow everyone to be (pretty much) walking distance to one is a great perk and really what keeps me here.

Pros and Cons of Living in Cincinnati, OH.
I've lived in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area for over 30 years, and I've surveyed local residents to find what they LOVE and HATE about living in Cincinnati.