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Description: Cincinnati is a city in southwestern Ohio, in the United States of America, that lies on the Ohio River. It is the ... more

Cincinnati ... county seat of Hamilton County.GR6 Cincinnati is Ohio's third largest city, behind Columbus and Cleveland. However, Greater Cincinnati stands as the second largest metro region in Ohio, just behind Cleveland. It is considered to have been the first major American "boomtown", rapidly expanding in the heart of the country in the early nineteenth century to rival the coastal metropolis in size and wealth. As the first major inland city in the country, it is sometimes thought of as the first purely American city, lacking the heavy European influence that was present on the east coast. However, by the end of the century, its growth unexpectedly stopped and it was surpassed in population by many other inland cities.

Newest Review: ... But basically the city has been in decline since before the Civil War and that sense of decline is everywhere in evidence in Cincinnati. It's a very neighborhood-conscious place and one feels very quickly that the neighborhoods don't always communicate wi th each other too well. Some would maintain ... more

... that the only interesting thing that has happened here since 1900, besides race riots, would be King Records, home of many blues and R&B artists, the most famous being James Brown, who recorded many of his hits here. Cincinnati's Collins br...more

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Cincinnati Fatback (1056 words)
by - written on 28/12/02 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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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 ... Read the complete review

Cincy last territory of the Third Reich (837 words)
by - written on 28/06/01 (Useful, 64 readings)
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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 ... Read the complete review

Cincinnati - Chillitown! (241 words)
by - written on 04/04/01 (Very useful, 30 readings)
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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 ... Read the complete review