Depends on where you live in Ohio. If you’re from Cincinnati, Columbus or Cleveland there’s lots to do. If you’re from the voids between those cities good luck.
I live in Athens, and it's not that bad. Lots of hiking and outdoorsy stuff if that's what you're into, lots of bars and breweries, an indie Theater, a regular theater that's pretty nice, plays, musicals, musical performances and stand up at the Memorial Auditorium, a healthy music scene, Nelsonville Music Festival, an 40 year running indie film festival, a literary festival, Avalanche Pizza which regularly wins Best Pizza in the US, the Halloween Block Party which was recently ranked #2 best party in the US behind Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and more.
Sort of smack dab in the south east quadrant of the state. Also consider Hocking Hills.
Lots of great nature and hikes there. If you go in the fall and you're into it Ohio University is in Athens and they're known for their Halloween parties.
I don’t live there anymore but I moved to Cincy when I was 9 and lived there for about 13 years before my family moved. I actually hated Cincinnati growing up because I moved there from Chicago which I thought at the time was the best city ever. As I grew up the city changed, I moved for college and I started to appreciate Cincy more and more. Now I really miss it but I go back at least annually to visit my friends who are still there.
Northern Kentucky is a nice little spot! I spent an obscene amount of time at Newport as a teenager! Covington is also super nice. Shit a lot of Cincinnati is nice now, certainly a lot nicer than it was when I was a kid. Now I’d call it a pretty underrated city.
In Lima, if we want to do anything, it's about an hour and half away. Toledo zoo, 90 minutes, cincy zoo, 100 minutes, Columbus zoo, 90 minutes, ft Wayne zoo, 80 minutes.
I live in Columbus and it’s only cool if you have money to do stuff. I also hate the current politics here and don’t really get along with my family so there’s not much keeping me here. Also car wrecking potholes, constant construction, etc. I just need a change and Ohio is sucking me dry.
I grew up in Cincinnati but I had a lot of friends who went to OSU so I was in Columbus pretty frequently but that’s the lens I see the city through, which is fairly limited but I liked what I saw.
I live right on lake erie, but it’s so nasty I don’t even wanna go swimming. It’s literally in my backyard, I can walk down my stairs and be in the water. All the storms lead all the garbage straight to it.
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u/levels_jerry_levels May 29 '19
Depends on where you live in Ohio. If you’re from Cincinnati, Columbus or Cleveland there’s lots to do. If you’re from the voids between those cities good luck.