• t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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      It used to be a fairly strong representation of the American Heartland; farming, manufacturing, mining, etc. Then manufacturing collapsed, the steel towns died, the jobs moved elsewhere, and it’s basically a very rundown shell of a state.

      And because of that, the people who still live there hate everyone else (especially ‘libruls’, who Fox News tells them are the ones responsible) and are miserable to be around (I have family there).

    • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Its full of farm fields, and there aren’t really any tourist attractions or interesting cultural features there, so it has a reputation for being really boring.

      Also, being quite rural, there are a ton of republicans and billboards that tell you you’re going to go to hell.

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      A large number of early American astronauts were from Ohio creating the perception that Ohio was such a miserable place that they preferred the cold, empty voids of Space to the trash heap that is Ohio.

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      It’s the wet sock of our states. It’s the paper cut in the webbing of your finger. It’s the fart you gambled on and lost.

      I spent a short amount of time in Ohio and had a strong urge to leave and never come back. Nothing super specific but just a general feeling that it was not a place I should be.

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        I personally like being in Ohio. I went to NYC once and was happy to come back to dear Cincinnati… for my chili.

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          Its like the perfect milquetoast state. Weather is fine and not deadly most of the time, people are okay when they arent Republican, we’re populated enough to have things to do in the three cities, and everytime a famous person is from here we point at the screen and get excited :3

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          I wish I had a good reason. I sound like Lovecraft (not the racist part) trying to describe my feelings about Ohio. Unexplainable dread washed over me as soon as we entered toledo and didn’t leave till I hit west Virginia. I’ve traveled through and camped in rural areas in 31 different states and the vibes were just off in Ohio. It was like a combination of Get Out and Deliverance

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    I have to move to Ohio this spring unfortunately :(

    On the bright side I get to hang out with my friend for the first time in a few years.

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      Real talk; its not that bad. Its perfectly fine but memeable. As a transwoman, i very easily got hormones without insurance within 3 days, so wahoo.

      There is mainly corn, though.