MY OTR RANT

I am seething about the ridiculous bogus crime report from yesterday. Last year Cincinnati Police District One (includes OTR) reported the lowest crime statistics in Cincinnati's Five Police Districts. There is no denying Cincinnati's OTR neighborhood has had difficult times in the past. But that is far from the real picture of today. If anything Cincinnati Over The Rhine neighborhood is quickly becoming one of the finest neighborhoods in the US. Show me a neighborhood with all this going for it. Seriously, please show me just ONE.

If anything check out the photos near the end of this...

COMPARE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD:

How many new condos does your dangerous neighborhood have?

Does your crime neighborhood have summer celebrations and 5k runs? Sound silly? Why would anyone plan such an event if people were at risk?

How about popular French influenced restaurants?

Does it have the world's largest collection of artist studios under one roof?

Or a Green Store?

How about one of the oldest operating open Markets. And I am not talking about a junk market, but a real farmers market in the city?

What about cool media companies, or even a Silicon Alley? OTR boasts: Light-Borne, Metaphor Studio, Pixels and Dots, Kennedy Creative, KGB Advertising, Willow Creative Group and Walk Upright.

And what about a new Creative and Performing Arts School?

Or one of the nations kick ass indie Music festivals?

How about one of the oldest US Celebrations of Beer?

Outstanding performance theatre venues like
Music Hall, Memorial Hall. Know Theatre and The Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati.

Plans for a Street Car and a revival of a Brewery District?

At least check out some recent OTR urban photos.

Check out what the local bloggers have to say...

UrbanCincy.com

QueenCitySurvey.com

Cincinnati.Blogspot.com

5chw4r7z.com


Email me at blakefox at gmail.com if you have a neighborhood that has more going for it than this? I double dog dare you!

Over The Rhine is simply the most exciting and beautiful neighborhoods found anywhere. Spend time on this Flickr search and see for yourself.