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Cincinnati is in very poor shape! any cincinnatians or former residents that have opinions on the current state of affairs in cincinnati? this is a very violent city, the inner city was ranked the most violent in the country on www.msn.com. The city has no nightlife to speak of, you cant find a restaurant after 7pm, the downtown area is and has been in the sewer for years! The city council here has to offer incentives for corporations not too relocate such as free parking etc… cincinnati has no new business development, and businesses do not stay as they can move across the bridge/river to northern kentucky. the northern ky area is much safer, clean, and the active police presence is strong. the crime, lack of jail space, lack of funding for a larger jail, lack of biz development, future layoff of cops/firemen, and the homicide rates all contibute to this sense of apathy… people have fled to the burbs, businesses have as well as violent crime ruins the sense of safety etc. in general, the crime, lack of business development, lack of economic initiatives by city council whom focus on minority issues only all contribute to this downward spiral… businesses leave with no new biz development, the downtown area is in the sewer as their are many empty retail spots, dilapidated buildings, and panhandlers everywhere, along with storeowners being murdered after being robbed many times…. the crime situation, lack of population downtown, lack of biz, safety problems, lack of nightlife/restaurants/lack of economic development etc. all contribute to the decline economically. what do you do? we grew up here, but its unbearable, and instead of opening a business here, we want to leave and relocate! any opinions from current or former cincinnatians, or civic minded folks? do cities like this turn around? how? we live in a hollowed out, crime ridden city with a minority focused only form of government/city council. the violent crime is high, nightlife sucks, coporations leave, no new business startups, anchor stores have gone, and cops are being laid off etc.. this city is in the sewer! any solutions? do you stay n stick it out? or dip to a nicer, safer, cleaner city? this place is as bad detroit folks!

I haven’t been downtown but have recently moved to the suburbs from out of State. Pretty nice out here in the perimeter, except boring. Cincinnati is clearly not a night life kind of place.

I would suggest not sticking it out, it is not going to improve. Being from Los Angeles where neighborhoods change rapidly I can testify that these situations do not get better.

I don’t understand why crime is so rampant since downtown is in a State where the laws allow both open and concealed (with permit) carry of pistols. An armed society is a polite society, no excuse for people being victimized. Well, except Cincinnati is in the bible belt, which not only makes people accept their Fate but also be the most cowardly drivers anywhere, no guts at all. Don’t expect them to advance into an intersection to turn left unless they get an actual arrow.

But I digress.
Get out, no point in staying with a sinking ship. Kentucky is nice and the people have a self-sufficiency about them, the Pioneer Spirit.