I'm born and raised in Ohio slap-nut. My friends and family stretch from Steubenville, Athens, Gallapolis, on through Portsmouth, and over to Cincinnati. I can speak with some authority here

Because nobody from Ohio would ever call southeastern Ohio It’s redeeming quality

??? You've clearly never been to the Hocking Hills, or your values are drastically different from mine

Sure it’s beautiful,

That's the point

but it’s less pretty than Kentucky

Who the hell said anything about Kentucky?

and the best thing you can say about the people there is that you won’t run into many.

Ah some are okay, but yeah.

Columbus is fucking weird

100% agree

in a good way.

Ehhhhhhh, 80% agree

Just don’t go south of Columbus or anywhere near Indiana.

To me there is a wretched stretch of Ohio the glaciers left behind that's great for farming and little else. It's flat, boring, and the people that live there think they are at the center of the universe.

Look I grew up in the flats. My extended family lived in the hills near the river. I was always jealous of them when I was a kid. Once i grew up I traveled the world a bit and found the places I really like. Fjords, snow-capped mountains, bioluminescent bays. And I found the quiet beauty of the Ohio River valley to have it's own charm. But the flatlands of Ohio are only good for farming and, these days, solar energy.

What southeastern Ohio lacks is economy. It's so depressed it's attempted suicide several times. Many rural people struggle economically, and it affects how they think. It keeps them small.

But hey, the state name looks like a tractor, so that's… something

[–] captainlezbian 2 points 7 months ago

Fair enough I’d forgotten hocking hills. Went there a few times as a kid. When I think of southeastern Ohio I think of the little hills of Appalachia. But it always has felt like the prelude to the big beauty that appears once you get past the state’s borders. Cincy has an odd beauty to it.

I can be a bit harsh towards southeastern Ohio as I’ve known more than my fair share of folks who’ve fled it. So in my mind it’s a place of horror stories more than beauty.

But yeah you’re absolutely right about the flats. My family is from there and I swear to shit it’s just the fucking worst. I grew up in the suburban stretch of the southwest and will say that that’s a different kind of the Ohio shithole.