Talk:Cincinnati, Ohio
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As a 45-years resident of Cincinnati, I thought I'd look at this page and see if I could be helpful in editing/augmenting it. There do seem to be a few small but clear errors in it:
- Cincinnati is not the home of General Electric -- although a major divison of GE is housed here (the Jet Engines), and the current CEO of GE was raised here (in a suburb called Finneytown).
- Several of the "notable people from Cincinnati" really don't come from here, at least not in the sense that they lived any significant time in the metropolitan area. Neither Clooney (Rosie or George) lived here. Their family home was Maysville, KY, a long way from the metro Cincinnati area. President Grant never lived here (was born in Point Pleasant, many miles east, and grew up in Georgetown, just as far east).
Hope this is useful.
Lastime
- You are correct, and I've made these and some other adjustments. I hope you come back again. Lou I 09:24, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
To Mav: I also restored the Introduction heading. The value is that it moves the Table of Contents high enough to be useful. Now, if we just had another, smaller picture to go beside it (sigh),,, Lou I
- When noting who hails from this great ciy please keep in mind that they never had to live in "Cincinnati proper"... meaning Maysville, KY is too far but Finneytown is ok (I'd assume). If someone comes from Norwood, I'd add them here and there are the two are close enough geographically. Anyone wish to comment? (For example, I kept off Nick Lachey because he never lived here from what I can tell - although he did go to SCPA? - I'm confused.)JoeHenzi 00:21, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Porkopolis
I am having trouble with this sentence:
- "Like Chicago, Cincinnati started as a massive agricultural center, and was rudely ridiculed as Porkopolis by Mrs. Trollope in her book on Americans' manners, who gained revenge after her salon failed."
Namely:
1) Did Frances Trollope use the term "Porkopolis" in Domestic Manners of the Americans? I think it was in use before her book, and I haven't confirmed that she used the term.
2) I can't seem to make sense of the last phrase about revenge: Trollope had a salon? Revenge for what?
I intend to pursue these issues, but I wanted to see if anyone had comments.
Thanks,
Rdikeman 15:32, Apr 6, 2004 (UTC)
- Please, by all means find out the truth and set the article straight. (As above it's noted that many of these people aren't from Cincinnati)
No -- Mrs. Trollope never used the term Porkopolis. She wrote about the pigs roaming free in the streets of Cincinnati, but the name Porkopolis came from a papier mache pig sent to a Cincinnati pork packer by a London banker. Painted on the pig was the phrase "To the Mayor of Porkopolis."
And -- Mrs. Trollope's salon did not fail. Her Bazaar (a shop) failed. OKF