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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We left Cincinnati in 2007.  I would not return but my circumstance is 100% different than the OP's.  I am in a minority group and in my hometown the level of segregation is such that its difficult to prove you are competent.  I also found I was living in a area with either have not's or basic middle class suburbianites with connections to certain neighborhoods and HIGH SCHOOLS!. Here the question "Where did you go to school?"---it is all about HS and class and upbringing.  It is hard for outsiders to fit in.

My husband is from St. Louis and never really fit in the Cincy clique.  We got tired of the low paying "Bank" jobs that came our way.  We were "odd", because we wanted more and finding a job there IS a real struggle.

OP, I suggest you go on City Data and look under forums for any area you find interest in.  The threads will quickly give you a feel of how the locals think and feel about their town.  I DO miss the lower cost of living but I do not miss the constant sports talk, and a lot of people there are not fond of "DC" for political reasons. [/quote]

I have several gfs who relocated to cincy. My impressions:

-almost everyone grew up there, went to school there, is raising a family there. Hard to find people who spent meaningful time elsewhere
-travel, especially foreign, is not a huge priority
-massive drinking
-once people hit the baby years, they are totally obsessive about babies and everything is about family time
-hard to make new friends as it is very insular[/quote]

This is exactly why DH and I moved from Cincinnnati to DC.  Especially if you like city living vs. suburbs, you cannot get the type of life you have in a city like DC or NYC in Cincinnati or any other major Ohio city  (I also lived in Columbus for 6 years).  We wanted our children exposed to culture and diversity that Cincinnati cannot provide, but DC does.  To us, we felt surrounded by the culture of sports talk and drinking and driving. [/quote]

Can someone give some concrete examples of how the culture and diversity of DC has enriched their lives (perhaps the PP)? It seems like people in DC give a lot of lip service to diversity yet only hang out with people from the same SES.[/quote]

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