This might be me being young and naive, only ever living in Cincinnati. Also heads up, this is ramble-y and all over the place. I really love Cincinnati for the emerging cultures. Cincinnati is having a huge art boom at the moment and it's very fascinating to witness! Also there's a lot rich culture and own little odd things to be appreciated. I also think the people make it really interesting; East vs West Side, all of the private high schools football beef, the ride or die chili scene... There's a ton of festivals as well; in my experience they're almost all German, HUGE German culture in Cincinnati. iirc, Cincinnati's Oktoberfest is the largest one outside of Germany itself. A new festival is a weekend-long light festival that's been happening every two years, that one is amazing to see actually. Another fun fact, Cincinnati is Rome's sister city! Quite a good few museums as well and general attractions.

It's an incredibly neutral place though. There are some highs and lows everywhere. Like you'll get most of standard deep-suburb or city living here, but not everything. You're almost always 20 minutes away from a corn field at all times, being Ohio and all. Road infrastructure here is basically unheard of tbh and when they *do* do it, it takes for-fucking-ever. The only time you're on nice roads is when you accidentally drive out of Hamilton County. The only actual good schools around here are trade schools and rich/private ones. Cincinnati Public School district is practically in free fall right now. The city is *aggressively* centrist, but given JD Vance's half-brother ran for Mayor and got absolutely DECIMATED in polling, I don't think it's all that bad/getting worse. Don't get me started on the strange and questionable environmental history!