I asked this question in another thread, but wanted to give it a thread of it's own. I was wondering what do people who have no affiliation with the State of Ohio think about when someone says "Ohio"? Is it a certain city, an experience, a landform...What?

I think of Ohio as the state that tipped the scales to W in the last election. *gag*

I was actually in Cincinnati about a week and a half ago for approximately two hours. Met a few people and all were friendly. Even the guy who offered me a circular saw when I pulled up to park at a coffeeshop downtown - The Coffee Emporium I think?

Really though, Ohio is just another one of the great lake states... it's there, I know about it, but I don't really think about it. Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Dayton are there. Haha..

Sorry, don't really have much of an impression as of yet.

I think of greater Cincinnati screwing up the past two elections.

Ohio's image to me: no state west of the Appalachians is more attached to or more like our original 13 states than Ohio is.

Let me clarify: I'm including the 13 oringinal 13 states as a group that would also include ME, VT, & WV.

Ohio has a much stronger attachment and mimics the development of the east coast more than any of the other states that border the Appalacians (KY, TN, AL).

Ohio is an interesting mix of middle west with an eastern influence.

I agree with Edgs, also I think of a place that is populated in an almost European like way. There are villages every few miles, towns every 5 miles, small cities every 15 miles, medium-sized cities every 50 miles and larger cities every 150 miles. It has what 5 cities with over 500,000 people with a smaller population than Illinois.

That's what seems so interesting to me. It is totally not dominated by any one city or region.

WKRP in Cincinnati.
and then the other two big "C" Cities.

When I think of Ohio, I think of unnecessarily low speed limits and turd colored cop cars, lots of turd colored cop cars.

^^
:lol:

I think of the Ohio River, Cincy, and then I kinda trail into thoughts about why I dont hear more about Ohio, cause its nice, and has several large cities. And then I think of Skyline chili.

coldayman

Ohio has a much stronger attachment and mimics the development of the east coast more than any of the other states that border the Appalacians (KY, TN, AL).

Thats funny, because Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and the smaller cities of western Ohio, like Springfield and Lima, and the surrounding countryside, don't seem at all like the eastern seaboard.

In fact they are more like Indiana.

Which is a good point as it is nearly impossible to generalize about such a highly regionalized state, something that is probably only evident to people who have lived here for some time.

coldaymanSounds like a good reason to try not to think about Ohio.
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I agree with Jeff... much (most?) of Ohio--certainly the part I come from--doesn't bear much resemblance to the east coast.

Interesting remark, globill, on the pattern of settlement in terms of the number of towns and small-to-mid-sized cities. I had never really considered that Ohio would be much different from the rest of the Midwest in this regard (at least with respect to the smaller towns), until last year when I started making trips from Ohio to Wisconsin. Compared to central Illinois, rural Ohio seems downright dense.

I think of Germans.

When I think of "Ohio" I think of a stereotypical Midwestern breadbasket state. However, when I think of Cleveland and Cincinnati, it conjures up a completely different image. Much like St. Louis and Missouri. Two different animals!

The density in SW Ohio of "pre-suburbia" rural villiages is pretty high, actually. I noticed that too, when I moved here.

2004. ;)

Cleveland

When I think of Ohio I think of my fun crazy city
Columbus
And usually I try to not think about some of the other parts of the state.

Nice place to visit, Columbus, which I believe is the largest city in the state, is sooo much underrated.

some of the smaller nw ohio towns (pop > 15k) have a decidely new england feel, maybe because new englanders settled there

I asked this question in another thread, but wanted to give it a thread of it's own. I was wondering what do people who have no affiliation with the State of Ohio think about when someone says "Ohio"? Is it a certain city, an experience, a landform...What?
Honestly? Lima beans, yep but I'm sorry, that is the first thing that comes to mind.

LOL, when I was in basic training in the Army back in the 80s one of my roomates was from Lima Ohio and he told us how Lima Ohio was the Lima bean capital of the world. Now that certainly isn't the only thing I think of when Ohio comes to mind and it certainly isn't the only thing I know about Ohio but what that guy told me will always be in my head.

Please don't hold it against me, it's not my fault that the first guy I knew from Ohio was a geek from Lima. In fact the next guy I meet from Ohio I became very good friends with. he was from Orwell, that's between Ashtabula and Youngstown with Cleveland being to the west by only like 20 miles or so. Yeah we became good friends and I miss him even today but he wasn't the brightest bulb on the tree if you know what I mean?

The next guy I sort of knew, more like knew of, was a guy from Cleveland who played being a flagrant gay while in basic. Still not sure if he was really gay or was just playing gay to get out of his commitment because of realizing the Army wasn't for him and wanted to get out of it. He was the epitomy of the classic gay guy with the walk and talk. LOL, always had his butt out and hand on his hip.

One day at mail call he ran up at get his letter, when he ran back I remember the drill sargent watching him run back with his arms swaying back and forth like a girl, another memory seared in my brain, and shaking his head in disgust. Anyway, we asked him about his letter as all of us were talking about what we were reading and he said the letter was from his girl friend and she was telling him about his baby son and how much he was growing! LOL, no one believed him but that's why I have to wonder whether he was just playing being a flagrant gay just to get out of the Army.

I don't know what happend to him and infact any of the guys I was in basic training with. I was sent to Ft. Ord California and stationed there for 3 years while all the rest were stuck in Kansas....I think I got the better end of the stick! :)

i think of cities. large ones. the tri C cities. drew carey.great lakes. ....also the long mid ohio interstates

Since I used to live in Ohio I wont comment on it, I will say its a top tier state that hasnt been able to market itself well...Here are some of the first things that comes to a few other states.

Things I think of

Iowa: Corn
Noth Dakota: The Dakota without the Presidential Mounument thingy
Nebraska: Corn Huskers Football
Montana: Ted Turner (He owns alot of land there)
Michigan: Great Golf Courses, Detroit, Cars, old buildings, Super Bowl, Great lakes
Maine: Lobster
Arkansas: Hillbillys, trailer parks. Bill Clinton!!!!
Kansas: Wiz of Oz
Idaho: Potatoes
Wyoming: Dick Cheney, lots of land
Delaware: State to get incorporated
Oregon: Sorry...but my mind goes blank
West Virgina: White people
Vermont: Howard Dean
Wisconson: Everything Greenbay Packers, Cheese, football fans
Indiana: Bob Knight, Hoosers, Final Four,Indianapolis, (then Metropolis for some reason)

Thats enough for right now

Wisconson: Everything Greenbay Packers,

Thats enough for right now


........yeah except the packers suck!!!! we all like the brewers now. :bash:

I spent a weekend in ohio, and it rained buckets and there was a tornado that touched down about 10 miles from where i was staying... thats what i think of ohio...

When I think of Ohio the first thing that comes to me is "It looks so small on a map, why does it take so long to drive through it?"

I've driven through it at least 100 times.

When I think of Ohio...I think of gushing waters.

CEDAR POINT!
http://www.nd.edu/~pschram1/milltree.jpg

industry

red state

Kinda like Ontario. Kinda NE'ern, kinda Midwestern, "O" on both ends, Great Lakes;)

Farmland and CP the only time i ever go to OHIO 5-10 times a year.
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Ohio has lots of sizeable cities for a state of its population. Cleveland, Cincinnatti, & Columbus all rank among the larger, million-plus metros. Dayton & Toledo aren't too far behind. And then are smaller but still significant metros like Youngstown. Each has their own distinctive flavor. Really big contrast with Illinois, where Chicago dominates.

I don't have a bad perception of the state. I think that it is very populated, and industrial, and hilly.