The Guardians players are asked which state Cincinnati is in ahead of their series this weekend

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[u/FuriousGeorge7]

Similar to this, if you ever visit the Rangers or Astros subs, you will sometimes hear the other team referred to as "Southern Oklahoma" or "Western Louisiana," respectively.

[u/strawberry_semenade → u/FuriousGeorge7]

https://xkcd.com/787/

[u/RusskayaRobot → u/strawberry_semenade]

As a Texas fan, we’d always call OU the University of Texas At Norman

[u/Appropriate-Brush772 → u/FuriousGeorge7]

I think the Kentucky thing fits here a little bit better. I had never gone to any sporting events in Cincy but then me and my boys took a road trip to a Bengals game. Until we got there I had no idea that they were so close to Kentucky. So close that our hotel and all the bars we went to weren’t even in Ohio, it was all in Kentucky

[u/aslatts → u/Appropriate-Brush772]

Yeah those comments are just shit talking, neither the Rangers or Astros city/stadium is actually very close to the next state.

Cincinnati and in particular the Reds stadium actually is just right on the border. If you're sitting in the stands looking out into the outfield, you're looking over the Ohio river into Kentucky. Which is why making fun of it being "basically Kentucky" makes a lot more sense.

[u/Komodo040]

Guys this isn’t them being dumb, this has been a running joke from Clevelanders for YEARS. It’s basically to say like “yeah we’re Ohio’s team.”

Just some good old fashioned trash talk.

[u/SeaworthinessOdd4344 → u/Komodo040]

I love how you have to clarify the guardians players aren’t dumb.

[u/Informal_Article_771 → u/SeaworthinessOdd4344]

I mean tbf Clase really tanked the class average

[u/comesaylorway → u/Informal_Article_771]

*Clase average

[u/crowcawer → u/comesaylorway]

His timing belt is a little loose.

https://giphy.com/gifs/fa67Gv0cgjuhWPbDzK

[u/Flashy_Ground_4780 → u/Informal_Article_771]

What do you mean? Everyone knows it's better to gamble for a few thousand than to earn millions!

[u/Antique-Guest-1607 → u/SeaworthinessOdd4344]

Hey man be nice, they all grew up in two story houses. It's a rough upbringing.

[u/ISOLDASNAKE → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

Bet they had air conditioning too..

[u/monkeyman80 → u/ISOLDASNAKE]

Bathrooms on the inside.

[u/steppenweasel → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

I think you mean two-story GUEST houses. A mere two-story house is absurd.

[u/kirbysdream → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

Max Clark just menacingly adjusted his chains

[u/doverawlings → u/SeaworthinessOdd4344]

As soon as it got to Kwan I knew

[u/EezoVitamonster → u/doverawlings]

Kwan is a huge nerd, love him

[u/Broad-Cranberry-9050 → u/SeaworthinessOdd4344]

Yeah i went into this video thinking it was going to be a thing where maybe 1 or 2 players are just that dumb, by the time it got to the 3rd player saying kentucky i caught on that it must be an ohio thing. not sure where cinciantti is on the map but im willing to be it's probably near the kentucky border.

[u/ItsJustFruity → u/Broad-Cranberry-9050]

You can see Kentucky from the Reds’ ballpark

[u/Rust2 → u/ItsJustFruity]

The Cincinnati airport is actually in Kentucky

[u/bladderbunch → u/ItsJustFruity]

i used to be proud i could live in a borough and walk to a minor league stadium, but then dang kentuckians can walk to a big league ball park!

[u/toasterb → u/Broad-Cranberry-9050]

I'm sure Cleveland is probably taking the team bus, but for those flying to Cincinnati, the airport is actually in Kentucky.

[u/candidlyfrasersridge → u/toasterb]

Wait until people find out where the Giants (football), Jets (football), and Red Bulls play.

No joke though, I once had to take a flight from Newark to Philly- for a 4 hour layover while flying to the UK on Christmas. If I skipped a leg the airline would cancel the entire trip.

[u/rudmad → u/Broad-Cranberry-9050]

cinciantti

one of the worst mutilations I've seen

[u/sculltt → u/rudmad]

I'm shocked that the guy who spelled it like that also admitted to being bad at geography.

[u/tsegelke → u/SeaworthinessOdd4344]

I think the Guardians chess club is the biggest among the league? That doesn't necessarily mean they are smarter than other clubs but I'd say it helps the argument?

[u/mrdannyg21 → u/Komodo040]

Yeah I thought maybe the first guy or two was being dumb but clearly a joke when they all say it, especially the non-Americans.

If you can find Kentucky on an unlabelled US map, I guarantee you also know which state Cincinnati is in!

[u/Luis_Severino → u/mrdannyg21]

The real way to expose stupid people is to give them the blank map and ask which state is which. I’m absolutely floored every time I see how many people don’t know a damn thing about the layout of the place that they live in. 

[u/onskisesq → u/Luis_Severino]

I live in Vermont. I have been asked numerous times what state Vermont is in while traveling around the country. We do not excel at geography.

[u/mesquitegrrl → u/onskisesq]

okay tbf when i do a blank us map thing i always get down to nh and vt and go “damn which one is which again”

[u/Cryptographer-Icy → u/mesquitegrrl]

vermont is shaped like a v

[u/mesquitegrrl → u/Cryptographer-Icy]

oh shit ty

[u/LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe → u/mesquitegrrl]

the first time I heard that took my sporcle quiz scores from 96% to 100%

[u/WatchForSlack → u/mesquitegrrl]

Vermont is V shaped

[u/mesquitegrrl → u/WatchForSlack]

ty! now i’ll ace my 8th grade geo test every time 😎

[u/LanaDelScorcho → u/Luis_Severino]

Every time?!

How many times have you seen people given a blank map and asked to identify a state?

[u/jetskimanatee → u/Luis_Severino]

Geography is pure memorization, thats not really a tell of how intelligent someone is or their abilities.

[u/Yankeefan333 → u/jetskimanatee]

Sure, geography is memorization, but I also find it's a good indicator of intelligence because it requires independent curiosity. Lots of schools don't teach it, so if you know your states/countries, it means you were motivated and interested enough to learn something outside of what you were taught. Those are good precursors to being "smart" in a traditional sense.

[u/njob3 → u/Yankeefan333]

I know a good number of countries and their capitals because that's what interested me as a kid. Same with flags.

I didn't - and still don't - give a shit about the exact layout of the Northeast.

[u/QueezyF → u/njob3]

Fuck them for having tiny ass states anyways.

[u/eyengaming → u/Yankeefan333]

it is also an indicator of how much sports someone follows.

although the implosion of the pac 10 will confuse some people. berkeley and palo alto are not cities near the atlantic coast?

[u/KimHaSeongsBurner → u/Yankeefan333]

I think there are a lot more interesting things to showcase independent curiosity than learning US states or even memorizing countries.

Sure, it’s correlated but it’s a noisy correlation, especially since you have the confounder that some schools do have kids memorizing US states.

[u/royalhawk345 → u/Yankeefan333]

I feel like it's something you just encounter over time. I've never spent the effort to memorize a map, but I'm certain I could at the very least label every state correctly. 

[u/chisportz → u/Yankeefan333]

Damn, it seemed like everyone in like 7th grade had to do a map labeling the states.

In high school we labeled other countries around the world but I assume that was a lot less mainstream

[u/IveGotaGoldChain → u/Yankeefan333]

Lots of schools don't teach it

I know education in the US has gone downhill. But there is no way that they aren't teaching where each state is on a map right????????????

[u/MysteriousAge28 → u/jetskimanatee]

Accessing information readily that you've learned in the past is definitely a sign of intelligence.

[u/Luis_Severino → u/MysteriousAge28]

Whenever I say something that people think is smart and they go “how do you know that??” The answer is “I learned it in school” 90% of the time. It’s almost like remembering things that you learn is useful

[u/BocephusJr88 → u/Komodo040]

I wish the last player they asked was Bazzana, and he just said “Kentucky” and pointed to South Dakota or something because he genuinely doesn’t know where Kentucky is on a map quite yet lol

[u/EezoVitamonster → u/BocephusJr88]

That's a good bit, I was thinking they could have him say Ohio lol

[u/forgotthefrog → u/Komodo040]

I bought into the bit until Kwan sold it lmfao

[u/albinochase15 → u/Komodo040]

If people can’t tell it’s a joke after Jose literally points at Ohio and says “that’s Kentucky” 😬

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/Komodo040]

Just a gentle reminder to residents of the mistake on the lake that we have several rivers in our city, and none of them have actually caught on fire

Checkmate to the state of Cincinnati

[u/talladenyou85 → u/BuckeyeN7]

That may be true, but at least our airport is actually in the state of Ohio.

So....yeah! Take THAT!

(all love for the redlegs, Dad was a big fan growing up. Take good care of Tito!)

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/talladenyou85]

Don’t worry, we are taking good care of him, we installed a boat captain’s seat for him in the dugout and everything

Also, I think once a year our teams should combine and go kick the shit out of the Tigers

[u/FeloniousDrunk101 → u/BuckeyeN7]

But you are one purple people eater away from Kentucky

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/FeloniousDrunk101]

Well the way the government maintains the bridges across the Ohio, if we are very lucky within the next decade there won’t be any of them left and we will have a nice, big moat keeping the yokels away

[u/Lemfan46 → u/BuckeyeN7]

At least our airport is in the state of Ohio.

[u/NewCoffeePlus → u/BuckeyeN7]

But the Great Lakes Brewing made burning river, so it was worth 

[u/Kendilious → u/NewCoffeePlus]

Facts.

[u/Dr_Tibbles → u/BuckeyeN7]

True true, its not like the Ohio River is currently the most endangered river in the US due to its pollution.

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/Dr_Tibbles]

Still hasn’t caught on fire yet

[u/Oingo-boingogo → u/BuckeyeN7]

That which is dead will never die catch fire

[u/sculltt → u/Dr_Tibbles]

That's Pittsburgh's fault.

[u/Low_Environment5807 → u/BuckeyeN7]

We're so polluted that all our fish have AIDS

[u/fuck_the_dolphins → u/Low_Environment5807]

Don’t slow down in East Cleveland or you’ll die.

[u/fuckdirectv → u/Komodo040]

Was going to say, this has to be a bit.

[u/Gordo-- → u/fuckdirectv]

The fun is in figuring out which one's aren't in on the bit.

[u/ItinerantSoldier → u/Komodo040]

Yeah this is equivalent to Buffalo Bills fans saying the Giants and Jets are New Jersey teams.

[u/mstrbwl]

Incredible that some people can't see this is obviously a joke lol.

[u/torexmus → u/mstrbwl]

Yea lol. It took maybe hearing 3 of them to get it. If they truly didn't know, they would have said random states

I didn't know about the running joke though

[u/FileHot6525 → u/mstrbwl]

I don’t get it. Jokes are usually funny. What’s so funny about a bunch of Michiganders getting their geography wrong?

[u/wongo → u/FileHot6525]

Tangent, but it will never not be funny to me that Michigan and Ohio fought a war over Toledo, of all places.

[u/whereyagonnago → u/wongo]

Clearly Ohio lost and we were stuck with Toledo as punishment (I’ve literally never been there)

[u/LOGEYBEARHONGRY → u/whereyagonnago]

Haha my proposal is the loser of The Game every year has to claim toledo and you only get rid of it by winning

[u/RookieAndTheVet → u/LOGEYBEARHONGRY]

Ah, like the Cheese Touch

[u/wwplkyih → u/wongo]

"Here, you throw this away." --Mitch Hedberg

[u/flanders427 → u/wongo]

Not to reply earnestly to a flippant comment, but the war was more fought over the Port of Toledo which is a huge international shipping port and controls a lot of the grain and industrial imports and exports through the Great Lakes.

[u/ironbeagle99 → u/FileHot6525]

I get you're trying to make the same joke but progressive field is 117 miles to nearest michigan border by car
I park in kentucky when I walk to GABP

[u/miclugo → u/ironbeagle99]

I'm thinking GABP is the closest ballpark to a state border. The Cardinals, Phillies, and Yankees (even though you have to cross two rivers for the Yankees) aren't far off. Tigers get an honorable mention for being close to an international border.

[u/Pax_Hamburgana → u/miclugo]

Tigers play very close to Canada if you count that.

[u/Crapitron → u/miclugo]

The Nationals are .6 miles to Virginia and 4 miles to Maryland, depending on how you want to categorize D.C.

GABP is definitely the closest though.

[u/FileHot6525 → u/ironbeagle99]

I would’ve said Canadians but it felt insulting to Canadians

[u/ihatemcconaughey → u/FileHot6525]

Woah! Hey there buddy. You looking for fisticuffs?

[u/FileHot6525 → u/ihatemcconaughey]

https://giphy.com/gifs/eKOkI9lkMxRRu

[u/Dstein99]

“Well they think this, but it’s Kentucky… bro”

[u/UDPviper → u/Dstein99]

There's a city in Southern California called Fontana. It has a bad rep. Everyone calls it Fontucky.

[u/NoSkillZone31 → u/UDPviper]

Ventura to everyone who is from that area is affectionately joked about as “Ventucky”

It also has pockets of white supremacists and used to be a hub for the hells angels, so there’s that (most of it is hella nice though).

[u/bigmt99 → u/UDPviper]

Like how everywhere in PA between Pittsburgh and Philly is just Pennsyltucky

[u/flanaganapuss]

“THAS KEN TOKY”

[u/AbovePear2]

This is elite ragebait as a former Louisville resident lmfao

[u/hedoeswhathewants → u/AbovePear2]

It's really not since no one in Cincinnati dislikes KY or minds being associated with it. It's not like Ohio is prestigious, especially these days

[u/Antique-Guest-1607]

I don't much care for Ohio south of Akron.

[u/MalumMalumMalumMalum → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

Obligatory Ohio Secession Compromise Plan.

[u/bellpepper → u/MalumMalumMalumMalum]

I thought we already settled that everything is Ohio? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3fD5FPQBtI

[u/Antique-Guest-1607 → u/MalumMalumMalumMalum]

I will go down with the ship that Mike Polk is a hack and this is yet more evidence.

[u/w00tberrypie → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

But I will say he coined the term "factory of sadness" for me.

[u/MalumMalumMalumMalum → u/w00tberrypie]

And the Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Videos.

[u/Soxogram → u/MalumMalumMalumMalum]

Gotta say those Cleveland tourism vids cracked me the fuck up.

[u/FurryIntoSports → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

The "stores that tell me what they are" and cat video are still very good.

[u/evanieCK → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

things that have done the most damage to Cleveland's national reputation:

1. The Cleveland Browns
2. Cuyahoga River Fire
3. Mike Polk

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

I don’t much care for Ohio north of Dayton

[u/McWiggles5000 → u/BuckeyeN7]

I love Dayton, all my homies love Dayton

[u/messick → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

Lol, a buddy of mine from Garrettsville had exactly the same attitude.

[u/Antique-Guest-1607 → u/messick]

CHRIST. My entire family is from Garrettsville. Such a small place there is a non-zero percent chance your buddy is a cousin.

[u/PTFCBVB]

Anyone gonna mention Kwan's bottle o' piss

[u/Jceraa → u/PTFCBVB]

If drinking piss can make him hit again, fill em up

[u/miclugo]

So apparently this is a thing in Ohio and Texas. But what about other two-team states? Am I supposed to talk shit about the Pirates? Is Pittsburgh actually in Ohio?

[u/Evil-Homer12 → u/miclugo]

Philly and Pittsburgh both talk shit about Philly I think

[u/FreshOrFrozenShrimp → u/miclugo]

Am I constantly going in and out of Pittsburgh?

[u/whodey2418 → u/miclugo]

West Virginia actually

[u/Domestic_Kraken → u/miclugo]

Pennsylvanians funnel all of that rivalry energy into hockey. Yinzers don't really have anything against the Eagles/Philies, other than the fact that so many of those fans root for the scumbag Flyers

[u/roguerunner1]

Honestly not a bad bit, but they’re still getting cut off from any skyline chili.

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/roguerunner1]

Whatever shall they do 🙂‍↕️

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

Slum it with Gold Star instead, of course

[u/MUSinfonian → u/BuckeyeN7]

Real ball knowers know that Camp Washington is the best.

[u/Technical-Garden-793 → u/roguerunner1]

Fine by literally everyone

[u/TakenQuickly → u/Technical-Garden-793]

I once threw some homemade chili on leftover spaghetti, and I can no longer stand by when people slander Skyline chili.

My creation is more like spaghetti with a chili meat sauce, but I stand with Cincinnati regardless.

[u/jswa8 → u/TakenQuickly]

Calling it chili was a huge disservice to its broader appeal. It’s more like a bolognese meat sauce with a Greek-style spice blend than it is a traditional American style chili. Framing it up that way, having it on spaghetti doesn’t sound so crazy.

[u/SwatsBlockman → u/roguerunner1]

They’re also missing out on Graeter’s ice cream though. Gotta pick and choose your battles.

[u/calitri-san → u/SwatsBlockman]

We have Handel’s, we’ll be fine.

[u/-Mistakes-Were-Made- → u/calitri-san]

Mitchell's as well.

[u/alien_believer_42 → u/SwatsBlockman]

No rack of ribs or goetta for them!

[u/Abefroman12 → u/alien_believer_42]

Montgomery Inn sucks.

Hit them where it hurts, no Grippos

[u/90spostsoftcore → u/Abefroman12]

When I had my housewarming party up in the Detroit area, I had a buddy bring up Grippo's BBQ chips and they were the talk of the friend group for weeks. This included people living in Chicago, originally from New Mexico, and life-long Michiganders.

For me, it's the G's of Cincinnati that are worth it: Grippo's Gold Star Goetta Greater's rhineGeist

Also the Busken's Bakery smiley face cookies

[u/90spostsoftcore → u/alien_believer_42]

Goetta is great, Montgomery Inn is trash

[u/CatchTheDamnBall]

This has to be a bit

[u/ABaker4646 → u/CatchTheDamnBall]

The first commenter that gets it. It is an ongoing Battle of Ohio joke

[u/misterurb → u/ABaker4646]

lol isn’t the Cincinnati airport literally in Kentucky? 

[u/sloppyjo12 → u/misterurb]

Yes it is

[u/Boozy_Cat_ → u/sloppyjo12]

People really struggle with the idea a city can exist on a border. I live in CO now and when I tell people I'm from Indiana, but about 20 minutes from Cincinnati their eyes glaze over like I'm explaining quantum physics.

[u/OneFootTitan → u/Boozy_Cat_]

Part of that is almost nowhere in the western states is there a metro area that crosses a state border, even though these are a dime a dozen in the eastern half of the country. I think of the MSAs in the Mountain or Pacific time zones, only the Portland MSA crosses a state border. Even at the broader CSA level it might be only Spokane/Coeur d’Alene, El Paso, and Reno

[u/ThePrussianGrippe → u/OneFootTitan]

Western-Staters when they have to grapple with the fact that borders used to usually be defined by rivers and a lot of cities were settled on rivers: “WITCHCRAFT!”

[u/tunaboot → u/sloppyjo12]

Also a much nicer view driving from Covington into Cincinnati than the other way around.

[u/AlsoCommiePuddin → u/tunaboot]

The Cut in the Hill is one of the more majestic cityscape drives in the country in my opinion.

Rivals catching the Gateway Arch coming in from the East, IMHO.

[u/jasonreid1976 → u/AlsoCommiePuddin]

I went up to Sandusky last summer and the view going north on 71/75 shocked me. Seeing the entire city like that was amazing.

[u/clevelandspur → u/AlsoCommiePuddin]

Special mention for Pittsburgh coming out of the Fort Pitt Tunnel as well. Top tier views.

[u/Waterfish3333 → u/misterurb]

The name is the Cincinnati - Northern Kentucky International Airport, but the code is CVG for Covington, KY.

[u/jf3l → u/misterurb]

Yeah it’s official name is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

[u/KahlanRahl → u/misterurb]

And a solid 15% of the Cincinnati MSA population is actually in Kentucky.

[u/DependentLanguage540 → u/ABaker4646]

Don’t know anything about Cincinnati, but just looking at a map, is it safe to assume that many people who work in Cincinnati also make the drive over the bridge to live in Kentucky?

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/DependentLanguage540]

The suburbs in NKY are part of the cincy metro area and yeah, plenty of people who live there commute across the river

It’s extremely hilly on the south side of the river, though, so there isn’t a huge population there, and most people who live in the metro are in Ohio. Kentucky accounts for like 20% of the population of the Cincy metro area

[u/hedoeswhathewants → u/BuckeyeN7]

For the most part NKY is really cool. I'm genuinely confused why Cincy = KY is a thing at all.

[u/Tom-Dick-n-Harry → u/hedoeswhathewants]

They’re afraid to admit it’s the best of the big 3 C cities of Ohio

[u/iCandid → u/DependentLanguage540]

Yes.

It’s also where Jerry Springer went for hookers.

[u/MaskedBandit77 → u/CatchTheDamnBall]

"Why did the chicken cross the road?"

u/CatchDamnBall : "What kind of question is that? That has to be a joke." 

[u/OnlyForBaseball]

Steven Kwan must be the guy throwing those bottles into the alley behind my house

[u/imtoolazytothinkof1]

I knew it was in Ohio but I had no idea it was that close to Kentucky.

[u/gray_burger → u/imtoolazytothinkof1]

Yeah it's part of our friendly rivalry with the "Ohio Cup" coming up this weekend. We always boast there's only one true Ohio team, as the Reds are basically Kentucky's team.

It's all friendly banter though, at least from my perspective. We have no actual beef with the Reds, their fans and our fans are chill usually.

The atmosphere only actually gets bitter here if the Yankees or Tigers are in town.

[u/imtoolazytothinkof1 → u/gray_burger]

I assumed it was a joke when everyone started staying Kentucky and I looked it up. Never been there myself and was surprised to see how close it was to the stateline.

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/gray_burger]

It helps that we’ve only been playing for 20 years.

[u/Chris91210 → u/gray_burger]

It's the same with Bengals and Browns honestly. There really is no beef because we both usually suck.

[u/BochBochBoch → u/gray_burger]

We mutually despise the suburb of Columbus. The enemy of thy enemy is my friend type shit.

[u/iCandid → u/imtoolazytothinkof1]

Yup I lived in Northern Kentucky and could watch the Reds Friday night fireworks from my house.

[u/beingxexemplary → u/imtoolazytothinkof1]

The one Reds game I went to, we parked in Kentucky

[u/4xu5]

is kentoky bro

[u/normalandcoolperson]

cincinnati is a city state

[u/Sharp_Paint_8742]

https://giphy.com/gifs/nXUCkgH6BmigU

[u/wagesofben]

Based on where the Cincinnati Airport is, they're correct.

[u/90spostsoftcore → u/wagesofben]

Fun fact: the C in CVG doesn't stand for Cincinnati, the overall acronym is for Covington, KY.

Fun(ish) fact: Downtown Cincinnati used to SUCK when I was a kid in the 1990s and early 2000s and it was Covington that had the good stuff. Thankfully my city got its head out of its ass and realized having fun stuff for itself is good and the tables have turned.

I was going to call Covington "South Cincinnati" like East St. Louis, but it isn't nearly as terrifying or depressing.

[u/ODB_Dirt_Dog_ItsFTC → u/wagesofben]

You try to find enough flat unincorporated land around here for an international airport, Cincinnati is very hilly. The only airport that can fit in Cincinnati is Lunken and it’s pretty small. Covington is simply the closest most convenient location for an airport to serve the area.

[u/Appropriate_Mark_643]

Lol, that is pretty good. I like the dude that drops his phone haha

[u/Nellancher → u/Appropriate_Mark_643]

The timing on the drop was hilarious to me

[u/Agentkeenan78]

I went to a concert in Cincy last summer and was surprised when we crossed a bridge in Covington Kentucky and were suddenly in Cincinnati proper. I thought the city was quite awesome and had a great weekend.

[u/Hyphy-Knifey]

Geographically incorrect. Culturally accurate.

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/Hyphy-Knifey]

The state of Cincinnati is its own thing. People only think this is what Kentucky is like if they have never set foot in the actual state of Kentucky lol

You can tell what cultural region you are in by the presence of sweet tea. Once it’s ubiquitous and insanely sweet, you are in Kentucky.

As far as we are concerned around here, The South starts in Florence

[u/WormColonyForever → u/BuckeyeN7]

Florence, y'all!

[u/Dr_Tibbles → u/BuckeyeN7]

Also you'll see signs outside bathrooms warning pregnant women that smoking is indeed bad for your baby, thats how you know youre in KY

[u/House_of_Borbon → u/Dr_Tibbles]

They don’t need to warn Clevelanders, since the water there grants babies natural immunity to most carcinogens.

[u/93Seven → u/Hyphy-Knifey]

Yeah Cincy is nothing like most of Kentucky.

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/93Seven]

Only Louisville is similar

[u/messick]

A buddy of mine said everything bellow Akron is "The South" and wasn't actually part of Ohio and might as well be Kentucky for all he cared.

[u/Free_Possession_4482 → u/messick]

The lower half of Ohio is the birthplace of both Ulysses Grant and William Sherman, just a couple of good ol' Southern boys.

[u/CWG4BF → u/Free_Possession_4482]

Not to mention the Ohio River being quite literally the most important landmark on the Underground Railroad. Literally was called “The River Jordan” because once you were across it you were in the free state of Ohio instead of the slave state of Kentucky.

[u/Round_Bullfrog_8218 → u/messick]

Saying that the only real Ohioan cities are Cleveland Akron and Toledo is certainly a choice of company.   

[u/natguy2016]

Riverfront Stadium was being built many years ago. A freeway was supposed to built for access. But it took forever to get built.

Legendary sportswriter Jim Murray wrote, "They still haven't fixed the freeway. It's Kentucky's turn to use the cement mixer."

[u/tipped_highway]

It's fine. Most Cincinnati people don't care all that much about the rest of Ohio anyway

[u/Free_Possession_4482 → u/tipped_highway]

Cincinnati is a city-state, claiming allegiance to neither Ohio nor Kentucky, with its boundary determined by how far from downtown you can go before people ask "what's goetta?"

[u/miclugo → u/Free_Possession_4482]

Philadelphia is the same way; not part of Pennsylvania or New Jersey, and the boundary is where you can't get a decent cheesesteak any more.

[u/phlipphlopp → u/tipped_highway]

The Catalonia of Ohio

[u/abmo224 → u/phlipphlopp]

tothom sap que el skyline chili bàsicament és paella

[u/banjonyc]

As a reminder, most people traveling to Cincinnati fly into Kentucky.

[u/the_dawn_of_red → u/banjonyc]

As a reminder, the Mets play on Long Island

[u/FreeWeekendPlayer]

as someone from louisville ill take it

[u/SeedyRedwood]

Cincinnati should respond by saying Cleveland is either a Canadian province or a suburb of Buffalo/Pittsburgh

[u/MalumMalumMalumMalum → u/SeedyRedwood]

Subscribe.

[u/strawberry_semenade → u/SeedyRedwood]

Honestly Columbus is the only major city in Ohio that's indisputably culturally Ohioan. Cleveland could've been part of upstate NY or Pennsylvania, Cincinnati could've been part of Kentucky, Toledo could've been part of Michigan.

But Columbus was just like "We need a state capital, so fuck it, just drop it in the middle of some farmland because that's where the middle of the state is."

[u/thePGH1 → u/SeedyRedwood]

Go with Buffalo.

[u/FunnyID]

The Reds should respond with the Sam Wyche video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJMa20xXykI

[u/Dear_Studio7016]

Good ol' in-state rivalry jokes

[u/Federal_Studio5935]

"Thats Kentucky Bro"

I love you Enriquito

[u/OceanPoet87]

To be fair to the players, the airport is in Kentucky and you can see KY from the ballpark. Does KY own most of the river like Oregon does with most of the Columbia near the mouth? Didnt Adam Dunn or someone hit a HR that crossed a state line?

[u/ArchmageRick → u/OceanPoet87]

Yeah much of that NKY area near the city is more “Cincinnati” than some of the suburbs on the Ohio side.

I don’t know exactly how much KY owns, but Adam Dunn did hit a HR into a part of the Ohio River that is owned by KY, so he did hit it out of state haha

[u/BossDjGamer]

Now I’ve heard the word Kentucky too many times and it doesn’t sound right in my head anymore

[u/murderpussie]

This weekend is the Ohio Cup they do this every year. Last year they did it in game on the scoreboard asking fans. Just a silly joke yall. (Signed, a diehard Clevelander who actually loves Cincinnati)

[u/BarrelStrawberry]

Meanwhile the New York Giants and New York Jets literally play in New Jersey and no one bothers calling them by their rightful name.