the bad obviously far outweighs the good in this case.

DAMMIT!
(now live in Louisville)

Had my identity compromised by the infamous data tape which was stolen out of an intern's car.

I hate the damn state Government in Ohio...they are just stoopid morans

Well, she shouldn't have been speeding.

Incompetent douchebags.
Government workers in Ohio... it's a nightmare.

queenb4biatch: I hate the damn state Government in Ohio...they are just stoopid morans

FTFY

/all of em
//every last one

Ohio is awesome. Just thought everyone should know.

Dayton is the most important city in western civilization.

YouPeopleAreCrazy: queenb4biatch: I hate the damn state Government in Ohio...they are just stoopid morans

FTFY

/all of em
//every last one

Cool. Move to Somalia then, no government to bother you there.

You could vote them out.

//Ohio voting
//How's that working out for you
//slashies
/. slash dot
/.../... Galveston block after Ike

Living in Ohio isn't so bad, or it wouldn't be if it weren't for all the damn Ohioans.

Ohio = The Florida of the North

well, at least ohio is for lovers
/tear

When I lived in Cincy the court clerk website boasted about its great online services. Glad I never got a ticket there. Jesus.

schattenteufel: Living in Ohio isn't so bad, or it wouldn't be if it weren't for all the damn Ohioans.

Ohio = The Florida of the North

sigh. This

xria: YouPeopleAreCrazy: queenb4biatch: I hate the damn state Government in Ohio...they are just stoopid morans

FTFY

/all of em
//every last one

Cool. Move to Somalia then, no government to bother you there.

RON PAUL!

Here it is: No government official should be "immune" from the ramifications of their actions. And especially not some hubristic county clerk.

nopokerface: Ohio is awesome. Just thought everyone should know.

Dayton is the most important city in western civilization.

Hahahahahahahahah!
Oh wait, the wright brothers did come from there, and it is the home of the Wright-Patt airforce base, I guess those are important, but as a former Daytonian, I just had to laugh at that statement.

The problem with Ohio is that it is full of people who do not realize that they are allowed to leave. I knew too many people who hate Ohio who will never move to another state, especially in Dayton.

Oh, and being from Michigan, I completely second your notions vis-a-vis Ohio. :-D

/ex-pat living in Baltimore now
//I didn't say Michigan didn't have its suck, too
///Remember the Battle of Toledo!

Ohio is an excellent state to live in if you realize the rest of the world is out there. Myself living in Dayton, I realize this place is a hellhole, but so many people think "Well I can't leave, I LIVE here!"

Pack up your crap and go, dumbass.

myislanduniverse: Oh, and being from Michigan, I completely second your notions vis-a-vis Ohio. :-D

/ex-pat living in Baltimore now
//I didn't say Michigan didn't have its suck, too
///Remember the Battle of Toledo!

I moved to PA from the Detroit area and I run into people all the time who have left Michigan.

Yakk
myislanduniverse: Oh, and being from Michigan, I completely second your notions vis-a-vis Ohio. :-D

/ex-pat living in Baltimore now
//I didn't say Michigan didn't have its suck, too
///Remember the Battle of Toledo!

I moved to PA from the Detroit area and I run into people all the time who have left Michigan.

I live in Florida and I run into people all the time who have left Ohio, Michigan, and Somalia. It must suck to be from there. :)

/didn't say Fla. doesn't have its suck too

Yeah Ohio is so bad. You have indoor plumbing and food to eat everyday. That is just hell on earth.....

Washo_the_Gorilla: Yeah Ohio is so bad. You have indoor plumbing and food to eat everyday. That is just hell on earth.....

You obviously have not visited the eastern part of the state.

Disclaimer: I work for a company that bids for local and state government software contracts.

Governing officials and their minions are complete retards about anything technologically more advanced than a clock radio. Unfortunately, their position inevitably gives them big heads and a certain mindset and they aren't very likely to take proactive steps to improve things either because they know they aren't getting re-elected and they quit caring or they are getting re-elected and securing information isn't a talking point unless it was a news highlight at the national level recently.

You mean theres still people left there? I thought they all moved down here.

queenb4biatch: Had my identity compromised by the infamous data tape which was stolen out of an intern's car.

I hate the damn state Government in Ohio...they are just stoopid morans

Did they still hold to their word and offer to pay for your credit monitoring for a few years?

/Ohio rules
//Lived here for past 15 years - I'll probably stay here for the rest of my life
///btw go Bucks

Yeah..Ohio sucks..stay away from here...we are all a bunch of idiots...it would be best if everybody just stays away..

/that way we can keep the actual idiots away

The worst thing going for Ohio is its proximity to West Virginia & Kentucky.
We really need to erect a wall down the length of the Ohio river.

jdmac: nopokerface: Ohio is awesome. Just thought everyone should know.

Dayton is the most important city in western civilization.

Hahahahahahahahah!
Oh wait, the wright brothers did come from there, and it is the home of the Wright-Patt airforce base, I guess those are important, but as a former Daytonian, I just had to laugh at that statement.

The problem with Ohio is that it is full of people who do not realize that they are allowed to leave. I knew too many people who hate Ohio who will never move to another state, especially in Dayton.

Working on it. Really working on it. Dayton is the ass end of the universe.

The only people who like Ohio are the ones who have never been out of it.

schattenteufel: The worst thing going for Ohio is its proximity to West Virginia & Kentucky.
We really need to erect a wall down the length of the Ohio river.

The wall ought to be erected just south of Chillicothe.

/just to be safe
//Go BGSU Falcons!

schattenteufel: The worst thing going for Ohio is its proximity to West Virginia & Kentucky.
We really need to erect a wall down the length of the Ohio river.

Nail,..head,..you hit it!

Ohio wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for Cincinnati.

/lives in Cincinnati

I really liked the song Hang On Sloopy until I moved here.

Approves

I moved to Ohio from Pennsylvania. Being able to buy beer at the corner store makes it a big step up.

The summers here are beautiful. Winters are bearable. I'm in a little piece of suburbia but not too far removed from the country nor the big city. We're not Kansas flat nor Kentucky hilly.

We have world class medical centers and some fantastic universities too.

The circus has been here twice. Come for the exotic spice of Ohio: salt, pepper.

There are a lot of negatives to living in Ohio too -- school funding, for one. Not at all fond of Cinci and every urban area has its problems.

For me, I'm happy here.

I like it here, but I live in the biggest and most socially liberal city in the state, so there's that. Most of my relatives still live in southeastern Ohio. Some of them live in trailers. Some of my extended relatives have no running water. Many never attended school past 8th grade. Others have done well for themselves and moved to Florida (yeah I know, lol.) I guess my point is there's a whole gamut of people here, from dumb hicks to big city slickers. If you don't like part of Ohio, there's bound to be a radically different city not too far away. I would say C-bus' antithesis is Lima. Ha.

I live in Kentucky, seven miles from Ohio, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies...

/this is how bad information gets passed around

I live in Columbus, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies...

The Cleveland Art Museum is one of the best art museums in the Country. The rest of Ohio.............

Ms.Maus: I like it here, but I live in the biggest and most socially liberal city in the state, so there's that. Most of my relatives still live in southeastern Ohio. Some of them live in trailers. Some of my extended relatives have no running water. Many never attended school past 8th grade. Others have done well for themselves and moved to Florida (yeah I know, lol.) I guess my point is there's a whole gamut of people here, from dumb hicks to big city slickers. If you don't like part of Ohio, there's bound to be a radically different city not too far away. I would say C-bus' antithesis is Lima. Ha.

As someone who has lived in Lima and been to C-Bus on numerous occasions, I'd have to say that's true.

Got the hell out of Lima as soon as I could and never plan to go back. Now live in a town that has *gasp* jobs and entertainment. Not one that shuts down at 10PM.

If living in a dying town with no jobs or social activities is what you want, then Lima is your town.

For those of you who don't know, Lima is so pathetic that they lost a Steak and Shake. The only way you know you're around Lima on I-75 is the sign "Lima. Next 3 Exits".

"Lima. It's pronounced like the bean."

dustman81:
"Lima. It's pronounced like the bean Slime-ah."

ftfy

I moved to Dayton from Balto, Md. I hate living here less than I hate living on the east coast - especially Baltimore. It sucks here, so please don't move here (less traffic for me).

If you live in Ohio, you deserve to get your identity stolen. Toledo completely sucked as a city.

I live in Columbus and I like it... Columbus is the only city that doesn't blow. It's a really normal city. Nothing spectacular but it's not crime ridden and it's a good place to raise a family... it's just very... normal.

I was born in Oxford, OH, grew up in Grove City (southwest suburb of Columbus,) have lived in Hilliard, have worked in Dublin (both northwest of Columbus,) and now live in Maineville (a remote suburb of Cincy.)

Here's my take on the whole "Ohio sucks" thing:

Columbus = a great place to live. Period. (Not everywhere, of course, but generally the metro area is better than many other cities I've spent time in.) Clean, generally safe, jobs to be had, within a short plane flight of Chicago, and the east coast.

Cincy = teh suck! I live and work outside 275, and very rarely venture into downtown. The downtown area has NOTHING for you other than the Reds and the Bengals (and really, who cares.) For any decent nightlife, you have to cross the river into KY. Maineville is..nothing (although my little island of a subdivision just east of the Little Miami isn't bad.)

Cleveland = good art museuem, decent science museum (Great Lakes Science Center), decent things to do and see, but otherwise...meh.

Northwest Ohio (including Toledo, Findlay,etc.) = Oh, hell no.

Southeast Ohio = Other than Hocking Hills and Athens, leave it to the rednecks.

Anywhere else not mentioned = whatever. Dayton is...bland like fake vanilla. The whole state is pretty much just little islands of tiny towns surrounded by farmland.

I grew up in (Akron, fack it sucks) and then moved to Cleveland and had a biatchin' great time. I ended up moving all over the country from 19 to now (28). Chicago, Charlotte (NC), all over FL, Dallas and now I reside in Bay Area, CA which is an odd stretch.

I have to say, Ohio has a backward nature about it in some parts. But I also have to say I loved the lack of PC BS being in Cleveland. There were some stupid bigots and ass backwards folks. But a lot of people that still gave a rats ass about their fellow man in a genuine sense. Not like here where they want everyone to be happy and healthy but have no real idea how to do it or make it happen but they just love that feeling of feeling good with no results.

Cheers Cleveland, I miss your weirdness and pass crazy drug and alcohol based stories around the world in your honor.

Northeast Ohio is actually a great place to live. I'm about equidistant from Pittsburg and Cleveland, two thriving metro areas; 45 min from Lake Erie (ever heard of walleye?, sandy beaches/clean water, Cedar Point); caves, state parks all over the place.
And I don't have to sit and wait in traffic like East coast/West coasters. 10 hrs to Myrtle Beach. People will biatch but they'd probably rather be doin lame shiite anyway. Farking gamers, bloggers, texters, watching BS reality shows... Go do something real for a change.

Man. I don't even know if I can comment on all this. Let's just say it's the mother of all clusterfarks.

//works in HC Clerk's office
//seriously

The problem isn't Ohio.

The problem is government open access laws. A lot of states have various sunshine laws that require them to post ALL gov't documents for the public.

What they don't realize/remember is... There's a lot of crap that the public doesn't need to know.

Like peoples bank account numbers and social security numbers from divorce cases or speeding tickets. Or the addresses of half way houses for battered women.

Or the street address of my dynamite magazine, the haul route between it and the site I blast at, and the time I typically access it.

beferny: I live in Columbus and I like it... Columbus is the only city that doesn't blow. It's a really normal city. Nothing spectacular but it's not crime ridden and it's a good place to raise a family... it's just very... normal.

Another central Ohioan here, and having traveled to several other cities, I can say that Columbus isn't bad at all. My only current problem is that I live just outside of it, so we get all the effects of the city government but can't vote for it. Housing is still on the decent side of affordable and entertainment is to be had but you will need a car unless you REALLY like long bus rides. The streets are laid out logically through the city (very few curvy messes) and the interstate bisects the city pretty nicely so you can get anywhere without going EVERYWHERE (looking at you Pittsburgh metro area).