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Serious Friday Board Question that has been bugging me. Why would someone willingly live in Ohio?

BaronVonZemo 64185 posts Joined: Nov 19, 2010

Posted4:22 pm on Aug 9, 2019

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No idea about Ohio, but I think Ara/Conor/Chris/Curly nail it. Humans are social beings. The society

Eli 9901 posts 11:44 am on Aug 10, 2019

that people created can generate more appealing than mountains and waters created by nature

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Because after trailing by 11.5 games in June

Nigel Tufnel 8457 posts 9:16 am on Aug 10, 2019

...the Indians are now tied atop the AL Central.

GO TRIBE!

'I define fear as standing across from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.' - Max Baer

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The good life is internal... externalities are irrelvant.

Curly1918 18346 posts 8:22 am on Aug 10, 2019

If one can sustain onesolf one can live well anywhere. Of course, if the question is where would one prefer to live,,, Ohio is probably not the top of the list for many who do not have close family there

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Because it’s “Hi” in the middle and round on both ends?

TakethetrainKnute 35753 posts 7:45 am on Aug 10, 2019

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Because Ohio loves Ohio. For good reason.

conorlarkin 23138 posts 8:54 pm on Aug 9, 2019

Most importantly, Ohio humps their shit. They produce, they earn, and they proudly serve in the military. Always have.

Friendly, hardworking, and community oriented people.

Family and faith are king.

Fun neighborhoods.

They love their sports. Love their beer. And they are funny and clever people.

The American Dream belongs to all of us. — Kamala Harris

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  Absurdly nice people.
  
  Chris94 39138 posts 11:26 pm on Aug 9, 2019
  
  I lived in Columbus for a year. Crazy nice people.
  
  Then during tOSU games, the town was overwhelmed by every unwashed drunken stooge from miles around. Not at all reflective of those I met, who were 100% midwestern nice.
  
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  Hillary should have said that.
  
  NedoftheHill 47374 posts 10:31 pm on Aug 9, 2019
  
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  Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.
  
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    If only she didn’t deplore them.
    
    BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 12:54 am on Aug 10, 2019
    
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    You are probably right, but she probably did.
    
    LehighND 7534 posts 11:55 pm on Aug 9, 2019
    
    I suspect she sang a million false praises in Ohio. That's the sort of bullshit politicians do.
    
    Remember Obama - every country he visited "punched above their weight".
    
    Are you kind?
    
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  Well said.
  
  NDavenue 7489 posts 10:16 pm on Aug 9, 2019
  
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  I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
  
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    I am kidding of course. I actually do like Ohio, but I live in MI and went to school in IN
    
    BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 12:50 am on Aug 10, 2019
    
    So I feel obligated to give OH crap.
    
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      Lol. I know it was tongue in cheek. I was going to bash Michigan but...
      
      NDavenue 7489 posts 7:25 am on Aug 10, 2019
      
      but it’s really beautiful country up there (excluding Detroit, Flint, East Lansing and Ann Arbor).
      I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
      
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        Our roads are so bad that we have an ice cream named after it....”Michigan Pothole”
        
        BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 8:59 am on Aug 10, 2019
        
        It’s pretty good.
        
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Why ask such a stupid question?

CC72 16793 posts 6:29 pm on Aug 9, 2019

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I willingly live in Ohio. Dayton specifically.

NDavenue 7489 posts 6:26 pm on Aug 9, 2019

Well, the suburbs anyway. I travel all over the country and have had long stints in almost every "desirable" area. Tons of international travel as well. FWIW, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Maybe Kauai or the Italian coast. Maybe.
I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.

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Good people. Cleveland is not the standard.

(unknown user) 5:56 pm on Aug 9, 2019

Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, and lots of quality small towns. If you can’t have a good time there it’s your own fault.

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Cedar Point?

jimbasil 55026 posts 5:24 pm on Aug 9, 2019

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Jack, he is a banker
and Jane, she is a clerk

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  Fair point. Standing beneath Steel Vengeance on 50’s Skirt Night could either be the best or worst
  
  BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 5:36 pm on Aug 9, 2019
  
  day of your life....depending on you visual acuity and the fact that we’re talking about Ohio.
  
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To make themselves feel better.

iairishcheeks 30422 posts 5:11 pm on Aug 9, 2019

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  Yeah sure, if they came from Iowa. Good point.
  
  BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 5:17 pm on Aug 9, 2019
  
  I’ve had beers, and I am kidding.
  
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    You misunderstand.
    
    iairishcheeks 30422 posts 5:24 pm on Aug 9, 2019
    
    Living in Ohio ~ Living in Iowa.
    
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I can tell you that Ohio people take lots of in from being from Ohio

Chris94 39138 posts 4:46 pm on Aug 9, 2019

Not really sure why. But I used to live there, and I can tell you that state pride is everywhere. Much more than Louisiana or Indiana (although Hoosier pride is healthy). Much more than, say, Illinois people.

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  Most state pride? Texas and South Carolina.
  
  NedoftheHill 47374 posts 10:33 pm on Aug 9, 2019
  
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  Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.
  
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  "Illinois people?" The preferred term is "FIB." You can figure it out.
  
  MAS 22799 posts 4:54 pm on Aug 9, 2019
  
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    Damn, spell it out for me. I don’t speak Jive.
    
    BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 4:58 pm on Aug 9, 2019
    
    “Fucking Illinois Bitches”?
    
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      Stewardess, I speak Jive
      
      Chris94 39138 posts 10:18 pm on Aug 9, 2019
      
      Cut me some slack, jack. Chump don’t want the help, chump don’t get the help.
      
      FIB = fucking Illinois bastards
      
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        Lol
        
        BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 12:48 am on Aug 10, 2019
        
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  The worse the environment, the greater the local pride (see Detroit).
  
  BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 4:50 pm on Aug 9, 2019
  
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Since Indiana is roughly the same, I might be able to help here.

LehighND 7534 posts 4:34 pm on Aug 9, 2019

1. Little traffic;
2. Low cost of living;
3. Easy to get tee times;
4. Quick drive to ND games.

Are you kind?

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  And Toledo. Don't forget Toledo.
  
  MAS 22799 posts 4:50 pm on Aug 9, 2019
  
  Sort of a cosmopolitan oasis in the center of the nation.
  
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    Erie they say really smells like the dead when the winds of November blow early.
    
    BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 4:54 pm on Aug 9, 2019
    
    I’m assuming Gordon Lightfoot meant to write that.
    
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  Indiana is infinitely better than Ohio.
  
  BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 4:39 pm on Aug 9, 2019
  
  And as Prince Charles used to say, there is no better place than Indiana.
  
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    "Indiana wants me, Lord."
    
    MAS 22799 posts 4:53 pm on Aug 9, 2019
    
    "But I can't go back there."
    
    This is my #4 song from the decade of the seventies, only behind "Having My Baby," "Disco Duck," and the incomparable "Chevy Van," by Sammy Johns, the most underrated singer-songwriter not named Barry Manilow.
    
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Well before I answer since I was born in Hamilton Ohio, where were you born and live now?

PBHangingChad 15790 posts 4:25 pm on Aug 9, 2019

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  No water (west Erie is barely a liquid), no mountains, no good universities, no good cities.......
  
  BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 4:35 pm on Aug 9, 2019
  
  ....Hamilton excepted of course.......ugly babes, chubby dudes, proximity to Detroit.
  
  I was born in Katmandu, and presently reside in Bora Bora.
  
  Ps - I do give you credit for the Cleveland Clinic, so if you are a patient getting treatment, the. I guess that you’d have a good reason to reside there.....that’s one good reason.....thank you in advance for that insight.
  
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    If you seriously live in Bora Bora I’m impressed. I live half the year in Singapore. Have been to
    
    PBHangingChad 15790 posts 4:41 pm on Aug 9, 2019
    
    Bora Bora a couple of times. You are a lucky man. But still working. So spend most of my time in Palm Beach. My father was smart enough to move the family from Ohio when I was four years old to South Florida. He was an intelligent man.
    
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      I don’t actually live in Bora Bora-it just seems like it when I look at Ohio.
      
      BaronVonZemo OP64185 posts 4:48 pm on Aug 9, 2019
      
      I live in Northwest Michigan now. Though in my younger days, I was a man of international intrigue.
      
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        Oh well no matter. But go to Bora Bora and by all means go to Singapore. Once of the best city’s.
        
        PBHangingChad 15790 posts 5:55 pm on Aug 9, 2019
        
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