CVG based crews....

[chicagocurt]

St X 89' here! great town!

 

[BoilerUP]

You make it sound like you would've had to swim across. Where's BoilerUp? Doesn't Kentucky have bridges?

On a hardship tour of 3 days full of beer and steak in Orlando...

Kentucky has bridges, yes. Newport/Cincy has a hell of a lot more bridges crossing the Ohio Crick than Louisville does! I'm ready to move over to S. Indiana because that's 1. where my plane is based and 2. crossing the Kennedy Bridge (I-65) is just as bad as the Capitol Beltway in rush hour. Okay, I'm joking, its not a tenth as bad as that was.

I generally bash on Ohio and all things buckeye as a matter of habit, but Cincy is a pretty good place to be in my opinion and I don't just say that because I'm from 80 miles south on I-75. NO Skyline Chililand ain't Boston, LA or Miami but the cost of living is less than half and there's lots of good folks making a living out there.

I lived in the DC metro area for over a year, and really liked it...Washington is a beautiful city. The Frederick/Rockville area is very nice with TONS of stuff to but the whole shooting match was just too damn crowded and too damn expensive.

Happily back in the midwest,

BoilerUP

 

[Homer Jay]

If you're used to culture, open minded people, good restaurants, and good nightlife, you will hate Cincinnati. The worst three years of my life were spent in that hellhole. Oh, and have you noticed how the people born and raised there are claiming it's the best place in the world or are talking about where they went to high school? Get to used to it...that's all you'll hear. What a dump!

 

[masedogg19]

We're glad you're gone Homer

 

[WateryGrave]

Cincy blows!!! Always has and always will, but if you are based at Lunken then check out Mt lookout or Hyde park. Decent nightlife and pretty close to the airport. Good luck.

P.S. Skyline isn't Chili!!!

 

[say again]

And I quit a flying job in NY without even having any interviews lined up just so I could get the hell out of that place.......

Give it a rest, we know you don't like Cincinnati and that's fine - to each his own - but just because you hated it here doesn't make it a bad place to live.

And I care why you left NY?? He asked for opinions on Cinci and I gave him mine, Im sorry that you take such offense to that. Just being honest to an outsider coming in. Cheers!! :beer:

 

[LR60BOY]

If you're used to culture, open minded people, good restaurants, and good nightlife, you will hate Cincinnati. The worst three years of my life were spent in that hellhole. Oh, and have you noticed how the people born and raised there are claiming it's the best place in the world or are talking about where they went to high school? Get to used to it...that's all you'll hear. What a dump!

We all know what they say about opinions! Ditto, with the "glad your gone" statement.

 

[Homer Jay]

I'll ditto that statement, too. I'm glad I'm gone, also!

 

[JSky26]

Well definetly some interesting posts here, to say the least... Thanks to everyone who had something to contribute.

I just got into town this morning and will be checking out the area for a few days. I guess I'll just have to see what all the fuss is about myself.

Thanks again.

 

[HoursHore]

chili in cinncinasty is not chili. It is some spaghetti sauce, burnt stuff from the bottom of the pan hybrid that only natives enjoy.

 

[masedogg19]

so....beans, tomatoes, meat and cheese don't make chili....how do you make it?

 

[HoursHore]

not with chocolate on top of spaghetti

 

[Homer Jay]

so....beans, tomatoes, meat and cheese don't make chili....how do you make it?

Dude, your above definition of chili is actually the ingredients for a Taco Bell burrito supreme! Again, Cincinnati chile is NOT chili.

 

[wmuflyguy]

Oh and be prepared for when it snows, more than a couple inches of snow and the whole Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area shuts down for a couple days. The way the city handled the "blizzard" (9 inches of snow is not a blizzard) was pathetic.

 

[BoilerUP]

Oh and be prepared for when it snows, more than a couple inches of snow and the whole Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area shuts down for a couple days. The way the city handled the "blizzard" (9 inches of snow is not a blizzard) was pathetic.

Uh, everywhere south of I-80 in the Midwest is like that...

This is actually kind of funny...folks from there talk about how Cincy isn't a bad place to be, while the transplants by and large can't stand it. These are probably the same folks that proclaim the superior attributes of cities like Boston, NYC, SanFran, Chicago and LA while your average midwestern native could care less about either coast.

Some folks see traffic and expensiveness, where others see entertainment and activity. Some folks see lack of culture and too much conservativeness while others see good values by which to raise a family. I guess it all boils down to perspective...

 

[B727FA]

Uh, everywhere south of I-80 in the Midwest is like that...

This is actually kind of funny...folks from there talk about how Cincy isn't a bad place to be, while the transplants by and large can't stand it. These are probably the same folks that proclaim the superior attributes of cities like Boston, NYC, SanFran, Chicago and LA while your average midwestern native could care less about either coast.

Some folks see traffic and expensiveness, where others see entertainment and activity. Some folks see lack of culture and too much conservativeness while others see good values by which to raise a family. I guess it all boils down to perspective...

Yup...I'm not "native" but I do really like CVG. It's all those things and more...but I'm not willing to move. I wouldn't trade if for the world at this point.

 

[masedogg19]

I don't see chocolate....I do see the things I listed above:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27144,00.html

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_29607,00.html

Wait....this is "Texas" Chili...and it has chocolate in it

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_28277,00.html

 

[HoursHore]

This is not Chili, no matter what they call it in cincitucky

Cincinnati Chili Recipe 1 large onion chopped
1 pound extra-lean ground beef
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon red (cayenne) pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa or 1/2 ounce grated unsweetened chocolate
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 (16-ounce) package uncooked dried spaghetti pasta
Toppings (see below)

 

[TWA]

There is nothing wrong with putting chili on pasta. However, Cincinnati "chili" is not real chili. Chili is supposed to be more like a spicy stew, not a sweat soup.

 

[masedogg19]

There is nothing wrong with putting chili on pasta. However, Cincinnati "chili" is not real chili. Chili is supposed to be more like a spicy stew, not a sweat soup.

Says who?? It is obviously recognized all over the country as a type of chili. Just because it's not YOUR style doesn't mean it isn't one style.....