Cincinnati

The previous reviewers I've read here miss the point when they describe Cincinnati. It's not a southern or an Appalachian town at all, and it's not as repressive as it's been portrayed. It is pretty bland and somewhat oppressive, however, and it is one of the most conservative and insular cities in the United States. It is a city with a major identity problem, situated as it is at the extreme southwestern corner of a midwestern state, just north of the Ohio River looking out over Kentucky. Originally named Losantiville, Cincinnati was named in 1790 for the Society of the Cincinnati, a group of Revolutionary War veterans. George ...

Cincinati, a city named after the heroic Roman should be named after a more modern Roman like Mussolini or Ciano as it is nothing more than a fascist town. First off you can't even buy dirty magazines there. Believe it our not the sheriff and police when they are not shooting unarmed negroes go around and check to make sure no stores are selling dirty magazines. They apparently have figured out what the community standards of obscenity are and are enforcing them. Second this is the same town that gave us the Robert Maplethorpe trial. If you don't remember the arts center downtown had some photos by the late great sodomite king Maplethorpe ...

It's the local dish! Oh - and Jerry Springer was mayor here sometime last century! This isn't what you'd normally consider a tourist destination - still I'm hardly a normal tourist! Normally associated with the industrial giant Proctor & Gamble (very cool HQ building btw) - this city has a few things going for it. Go check out the old courthouse underneath the over-street shopping walkway - it has a bronze etched plaque with the Bill of Rights on it. Walk across the Ohio river by the Football stadium and you're in leafy Covington, Kentucky. There's a german district in there somewhere, which goes all mad for ...