Finally. A reason to like Ohio

[zinfamous]

If you think Columbus traffic is bad just visit Chicago.

Columbus has nothing on Chicago traffic. No where close. I don't complain much about Columbus traffic anymore.

Chicago traffic isn't that bad. I miss it, tbh.

take a look at this see that picture they chose? It is my exit. Now, that isn't a very representative picture (it's a parking lot at rush hours and generally double that output all weekend), but there's a reason that part of 80, and specifically that part of the Bay Area is a gigantic clusterfuck. Heh, look at that service road to the left of the photo--the line of cars there just to avoid it as long as they can.

Anyway, it's not the traffic that makes me jealous, it's the drivers. I used to think they were crazy in Chicago, but here...here. dear god. Everyone is so fucking clueless. In Chicago, people are driving balls out but getting the hell out of your way--they are efficient. Here, accidents happen because some little lady that was never taught how to drive merges directly into avenue traffic from her parked car, obviously never checking, because she just assumes that is her right to pull into traffic.
Not only is the U-turn the most common maneuver here, people seem to think that you have the right of way. I could go on and on, but suffice to say, I am envious of Chicago driving.

 

[BladeVenom]

With several good amusement parks, zoos, and museums, Ohio is actually a popular place for tourism, at least during the summer.

 

[destrekor]

specifically, they put mustard on their pork, which is an abomination (I have no problem with mustard--it's what those people do with it.)

Yes, SC is a particularly fat place. I mean, the last time I stopped there (it's usually a drive through)...wow, I mean...OK, well, the livestock at a Cracker Barrel probably doesn't provide the most accurate assessment of any place.

and FOR THE RECORD--it was not my or our choice to stop at CB, family in the area suggested that as a convenient meeting spot on our way through.

You might hate me for this, but it's not like they put ONLY mustard on their pork.
Unless we're thinking of different things, I'm reckoning you're referring to the mustard and vinegar-based bbq sauce for pulled pork?
Depends on the individual style - I've had some nasty sauce, and I've had some really tasty pulled pork sammiches. Granted, I think my favorite carolina gold-style sauce was far, far more generic and made to be more universally enjoyed.
You might be on to something. At first, I wanted to slam you since I had some tasty tasty gold sauce, but it was remarkably different from a place that should have been authentic (and I wasn't a huge fan).

Like or not, I've always held a certain level of loathing for mustard, so a sauce that works and even has a hint of it... someone had to work some culinary magic there. 😛


It's definitely an odd combination of place, people, and food item. German roots can show up anywhere, I guess.

 

[brianmanahan]

Down in KY, any cars with Ohio plates are referred to as FIFOs...f*****g idiots from Ohio. Never fails, an Ohio plated car does something stupid on the road.

and up here KYans and WVians are known by their hillbilly accent, confederate flags, and living predominantly in trailer parks

i want to tell these people they have come too far north by about 300 miles

i went on a business trip and it was so weird - in cincinnati, everyone talks fine. drive 20 miles south and BOOM, i'm in a real life beverly hillbillies

 

[bguile]

Every Ohio city I have been to has been a dump. Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo. And Ive heard Cincy is a dump too.

Toledo is kind of a dump, but its not all bad. We've gone down there several times to the zoo, the imagination station, and caught a few mudhen games at 5/3 field.

 

[highland145]

It could be much worse, it could be about South Carolina.

eff u

:thumbsup:

goddamn mustard-eaters!

and eff u, mouse molester.

 

[destrekor]

Down in KY, any cars with Ohio plates are referred to as FIFOs...fucking idiots from Ohio. Never fails, an Ohio plated car does something stupid on the road.

Aside from the ridiculously slow morons that rule most of the roads around here (at least in NW Ohio), most of the retard roadway decisions that I see routinely have belonged to the Michigan-plated cars more often than not. 😛

 

[zinfamous]

eff u

and eff u, mouse molester.

You can't prove anything!

 

[highland145]

You can't prove anything!

So, you didn't realize that Mini Mouse had a camera phone? Neither did this guy.:awe:

 

[HydroSqueegee]

I love all the people that hate on Ohio. Its not the most happenin place, and a chunk of it is run down, but we have lots of hidden gems here. There is plenty to do, but you have to look for it. Its a great state with its fair share of problems, but a nice place to live as long as you stay away from the rednecks and ghettos.

 

[destrekor]

Toledo is kind of a dump, but its not all bad. We've gone down there several times to the zoo, the imagination station, and caught a few mudhen games at 5/3 field.

Oh, you're too kind. 😛

This is a chief reason I've been disgusted with Michigan for so long. They gave us that disease. One night, that's all it was supposed to be, one night and we'd forget all about each other, but no... they had to give us the lifelong present of Detroititis. Now look at the western shores of Lake Erie - might as well rot off into the water now that we've got a case of Detroititis on this side of the border! We see there really isn't a cure out there... I don't think the prognosis for Detroit is looking all that swell.

There are parts of Toledo that are absolutely a dump. I used to hate just about everything in this town except for the Zoo, the Museum, and our farm club teams (AAA Baseball and ECHL hockey - oh, and farmclubs for Detroit, in case anyone didn't understand why we're still tethered to Detroit - we're going down together or not at all).
I got down to Columbus for college and loved the hell out of it, and I'm back here and at first I thought it was miserable. I moved toward the Southern borders of Toledo and also visited downtown more often than ever before, and I gotta say - there's a side to Toledo that I've missed for awhile. While we don't have that many unique things to do, or overly unique clubs/nightlife/events, we do have just about every kind of eatery, pub, and bar one could imagine and a midwestern crowd to fill them.

 

[rudeguy]

Oh, you're too kind. 😛

This is a chief reason I've been disgusted with Michigan for so long. They gave us that disease. One night, that's all it was supposed to be, one night and we'd forget all about each other, but no... they had to give us the lifelong present of Detroititis. Now look at the western shores of Lake Erie - might as well rot off into the water now that we've got a case of Detroititis on this side of the border! We see there really isn't a cure out there... I don't think the prognosis for Detroit is looking all that swell.

There are parts of Toledo that are absolutely a dump. I used to hate just about everything in this town except for the Zoo, the Museum, and our farm club teams (AAA Baseball and ECHL hockey - oh, and farmclubs for Detroit, in case anyone didn't understand why we're still tethered to Detroit - we're going down together or not at all).
I got down to Columbus for college and loved the hell out of it, and I'm back here and at first I thought it was miserable. I moved toward the Southern borders of Toledo and also visited downtown more often than ever before, and I gotta say - there's a side to Toledo that I've missed for awhile. While we don't have that many unique things to do, or overly unique clubs/nightlife/events, we do have just about every kind of eatery, pub, and bar one could imagine and a midwestern crowd to fill them.

Don't blame us. You people really wanted that city!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War

 

[destrekor]

Don't blame us. You people really wanted that city!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War

Damn straight - we're still remiss about that piece of filthy land hanging off our land and reaching toward yours through the waters of Lake Erie. Can't believe we didn't take that too.


We won healthy, prized land - she was to be the greatness we always wanted!

Y'all gave us something nasty though. Yeah, we won the land, y'all weren't gonna let us have it if you couldn't have it though. 🙁

 

[zinfamous]

I love all the people that hate on Ohio. Its not the most happenin place, and a chunk of it is run down, but we have lots of hidden gems here. There is plenty to do, but you have to look for it. Its a great state with its fair share of problems, but a nice place to live as long as you stay away from the rednecks and ghettos.

I notice that you gave no example of gems, and spent more verbiage talking about it being boring and run down....

 

[ControlD]

I notice that you gave no example of gems, and spent more verbiage talking about it being boring and run down....

Does cheap meth count? I know that's more crystals than gems, but it's close.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I have never spent any time "stopped" in ohio, but I've driven through it a few times. It's not a bad state to drive through. The turnpike moves decently quickly.

 

[lupi]

Ohio, where a pretty white girl running to a black man is a dead giveaway.

 

[destrekor]

Ohio, where a pretty white girl running to a black man is a dead giveaway.

... a dead giveaway to what, that we're not racist assholes and can accept people?

For the most part, we're true easy-living mid-western folk - and accept happy people for who they are. Sure, we've got our old-generation racists, but not much of that.
Now, we can still be classist regarding what type of person someone is and how they go about life (the way the act, dress, etc).

But I know I'm one who has zero problem with an interracial couple. Usually when it's a black guy and white girl, I'm jealous as hell. One couple I knew/know the white girl is super attractive, and I'm jealous of my buddy's brother who caught her.
And then there's a good buddy who married a black girl.


I'm confused - what was your point?

 

[Drako]

Ohio, where a pretty white girl running to a black man is a dead giveaway.

How dare she run to a black person for help. :whiste:

 

[KMc]

I notice that you gave no example of gems, and spent more verbiage talking about it being boring and run down....

Well, like he said, the gems are hidden. If he tells you where they are, then they'll be more Ahia-hatin' folks poking around over here.

 

[HydroSqueegee]

I notice that you gave no example of gems, and spent more verbiage talking about it being boring and run down....

Typing it out on a phone will take ages. 😉

Lets see...

Air Force Museum, Cincinnati Zoo, Columbus Zoo, Kings Island, Cedar Point, Cosi, Boonshoft, Huge Metropark and bike route system, Amish country (tons o crap), state parks of all shapes and sizes, hunting, fishing, scenic train rides, Put-in-bay + surrounding area... This is just a sample.

This kind of stuff isnt for everyone, but its nice enough.

 

[codyray10]

Toledo is kind of a dump, but its not all bad. We've gone down there several times to the zoo, the imagination station, and caught a few mudhen games at 5/3 field.

This, for sure. Being from Monroe, and having some family in Toledo, I've spent a decent amount of time in Toledo. The Toledo Zoo is actually pretty great, puts the Detroit Zoo to shame. Going to the Mud Hens games and the bars surrounding that area can be a good time also. I used to frequent the $1-2 dollar drink dive bars (mainly Chasers/Zodiac/El Camino) around campus a few times a week. But aside from the above, Ohio can suck it!

 

[kage69]

I've had a good reason to like Ohio for sometime, it's called Cedar Point.

 

[lupi]

... a dead giveaway to what, that we're not racist assholes and can accept people?

For the most part, we're true easy-living mid-western folk - and accept happy people for who they are. Sure, we've got our old-generation racists, but not much of that.
Now, we can still be classist regarding what type of person someone is and how they go about life (the way the act, dress, etc).

But I know I'm one who has zero problem with an interracial couple. Usually when it's a black guy and white girl, I'm jealous as hell. One couple I knew/know the white girl is super attractive, and I'm jealous of my buddy's brother who caught her.
And then there's a good buddy who married a black girl.


I'm confused - what was your point?

wwwwwhhhhhhooooooossssshhhhhhhh

 

[destrekor]

wwwwwhhhhhhooooooossssshhhhhhhh

Are we referring to Ariel Castro and the whole situation revolving around the girls and the neighbor?


I don't get what that says about Ohio. 😕