well... I base my statement on conversations with a friend who has a biracial daughter and lives there, and on the fact that a gas station once refused to sell me gas there because I was in the "wrong" part of town. I have no idea if this qualified as inner-city Cincy -- I was on my way to the Aquarium. Of course, this was only a couple of months after the race riots...
Dana On 7/6/05, Adam Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All that racial hostility? I haven't noticd that in Cincy at all. If > anything I have seen more interracial marraiges/relationships here > than anywhere I have been. Now downtown inner city might be slightly > different, but most hostility there is more gang realted than race > related. My biggest gripe is the highways around here are horrid only > made worse by the lack of usefull secondary roads. I can either be > stuck in bumper to bumper traffic or drive down a croweded 2 land road > with stoplights every 1 mile, only to watch a green light fade away > while I am stuck behing the metro in the right lane and the poor > driver waiting to turn left right next to the metro in the left lane > (yes this has heppend to me on more than one occassion). I can;t > remeber the author but someone said once I want to be in Cincinnati > when the end of the workd comes b/c it is always 10 years behind, I > have to agree. THats my biggest complaint about living in Cincinnati. > > Adam H > > On 7/6/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > right. When I was job-shopping looking to get out of DC, I was offered > > a job in Richmond CA for five or six thousand more. Trouble was, as > > far as I could tell I'd be communting at least a hundred miles one way > > to make that work...I declined. I make less money in Albuquerque but I > > also need less. > > > > PS - Dayton was ok, too flat for me though. Cinncinnati might be > > interesting, but then there is all that racial hostility to contend > > with. > > > > Dana > > > > On 7/6/05, Adam Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am lokoing at houses in 120-140s in Cincinnati Ohio 2-3 bedrooms 1-2 > > > baths, some with basements partially finished. All of these well > > > within an hours car ride (in heavy traffic) to Downtown Cincy (about > > > 20-30 miles).Since I tend to work early morning and leave early or > > > really late my trip is ussually only about 35 minutes. Inorder for me > > > to move to DC my income would have to be nearly double what it is > > > here. I used to think that I was getting screwed with CF developers > > > getting 80k+ and here I am way below that, then started realizing > > > these jobs are in DC and other high cost of living areas. We live > > > quite comfortabley with a single full time income, though (my wife > > > works part time as a courier for a law office ( she makes enough to > > > pay for her meds, dvd obsession, and cable). We'll be getting a house > > > in the next few months. If we could afford a 160k house our house > > > selection would more than double. Move to Ohio and fight for the 10 > > > CF jobs available ;) Or take your 80k+ and telecommute and move to > > > Dayton Ohio (north of Cincinati west of Columbus) my parents live in > > > a very nice suburb, Huber Heights) have a 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 2 car > > > garage, .68 arcres, 2 story house (brick) with a sunroom probably > > > would go for about 170k max. I wish it was closer I'd live there in a > > > second. > > > > > > > > > Adam H > > > > > > On 7/6/05, SStewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > But.... what does the average CF developer down there pull in? > > > > We've got an office in Charlotte, and they 'd love to have my fiancée' > > > > down there, but I'm IT and they want all of us in the same spot. > > > > > > > > sas > > > > > > > > Scott A. Stewart, > > > > Web Application Developer > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163111 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
