What’s So Good about Ohio?
With only about a half-hour to go to beat Bill Sloat’s 24-hour deadline, here are some positive things I can say about Ohio:
- An expressway infrastructure that is much better, and generally in better condition, than most other states I have been to — We don’t know what REALLY bad day-to-day traffic is.
- Six major pro sports teams (Bengals, Reds, Browns, Blue Jackets, Indians, Cavs), despite not having a single city with over a million people — something I don’t believe any other state without a seven-figure city can claim. Missouri, with five, is the only one I can think of that comes close (Cards, Rams, Blues, Chiefs, Royals).
- Affordable housing — try seeing what kind of place 200 thou gets you in Southern California.
- Sneaky-nice scenery — none of the breathtaking stuff, but consistently nice, pleasant countryside driving (and lakeside driving up north).
- Kings Island and Cedar Point, the 15th and 16th most-attended amusement parks in the USA. Ohio is the only state besides Florida and California with two in the top 20. Texas has none.
- Fall foliage.
I sure hope I’m not the only one that took the Bill’s Buckeye Boast challenge.
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UPDATE: Jerid picked his spot. Brian at Plunderbund has a nice list with solid points, plus this one — “We have seasons.”
UPDATE 2: More about CP and KI –
Last year, for the ninth season in a row, Cedar Point was voted “Best Amusement Park in the World†in an annual poll conducted by Amusement Today, a monthly trade publication that’s considered the Bible of the industry. In the same poll, voters said that Kings Island had the best kids’ area of any amusement park in the world – the sixth straight year it’s received that honor.
Another excellent description about the quality of life in Ohio. Tom, you are so right about the highways. I have spent hours in Chicago traffic fuming in the exhaust fumes. And I won’t even try to drive in Manhattan or DC, although I have driven in LA. It was a dumb thing to do on my part. . .
Comment by bill sloat — July 13, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
The traffic may be less here because there are no jobs, but I have found that except for Michigan, Ohio’s roads seem to be in worse shape than that of any state I have driven through.
Comment by Ben Keeler — July 18, 2007 @ 10:09 pm