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56. lots of preppers, racists, and generally creepy people....

Reply to Dream Girl (Reply #33)

Mon Feb 1, 2021, 11:42 PM

Feb 2021

From all walks of life. They were everywhere, and it was palpable.

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A 'progressive' state: Gov. Mike DeWine wants $50M to encourage people to move to Ohio [View all] alp227 Feb 2021 OP

dominated by white supremacists...not sure how welcome that is nt msongs Feb 2021 #1

Exactly..clean up your act! Ohio has really gone down the tubes the past decade...sad Thekaspervote Feb 2021 #3

Born in Ohio ouija Feb 2021 #18

Progressive??? Ohio??? That has not been true in ages. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2021 #2

It's getting progressively worse. Maybe that's what Dewine meant. subterranean Feb 2021 #28

Yup. Chrissy Hynde said (sang) it best: "I went back to Ohio, but my city was gone." SunSeeker Feb 2021 #53

Just a few years ago... Crash2Parties Feb 2021 #59

Is that per person? 'Cause it still ain't enough to get me to move there. ew. malchickiwick Feb 2021 #4

Sorry, NOT going back. elleng Feb 2021 #5

I've always liked Cincinnati....uh...Yellow Springs is cool.... underpants Feb 2021 #6

LOL, I left Cincinnati maxsolomon Feb 2021 #51

😁 underpants Feb 2021 #63

Anyone considering moving to a red state should consider what they are getting into DBoon Feb 2021 #7

Great post. Nt raccoon Feb 2021 #61

Do not forget the True Blue American Feb 2021 #64

WTF.... magicarpet Feb 2021 #8

He'd have more luck Cirque du So-What Feb 2021 #9

My life is here or I would leave Maeve Feb 2021 #10

Do not forget, Maeve True Blue American Feb 2021 #65

I also have an idiot neighbor who flies two tRump flags and the American flag upside-down Maeve Feb 2021 #69

I am counting on the True Blue American Feb 2021 #70

Love to have two good senators! Maeve Feb 2021 #71

Sherrod Brown True Blue American Feb 2021 #73

People aren't going to move there for the hell of it. LuvNewcastle Feb 2021 #11

Maybe it's a play on words - progressive insurance is hq'd there and is very popular.... getagrip_already Feb 2021 #12

How were the people scary. I'm just curious. Dream Girl Feb 2021 #33

lots of preppers, racists, and generally creepy people.... getagrip_already Feb 2021 #56

So am I! True Blue American Feb 2021 #93

David Simon, creator of The Wire: muriel_volestrangler Feb 2021 #13

A long time ago a very conservative Republican, Jim Rhodes, had a project to have a college or tech Botany Feb 2021 #14

I agree with.. Wuddles440 Feb 2021 #17

It is like we have let the headless zoombie monsters take over. "They" look nice. Botany Feb 2021 #21

I hear ya.... paleotn Feb 2021 #41

We should never underestimate the damage that hate talk radio, right wing TV & internet sites, and Botany Feb 2021 #45

Jim Rhodes, 4 time Governor True Blue American Feb 2021 #66

Stuff Botany Feb 2021 #77

A committee we voted for will True Blue American Feb 2021 #80

Although I haven't seen him in years I do know John K. and in person to me at least he has always .. Botany Feb 2021 #81

Maybe he could have shown a little of that Jesus love True Blue American Feb 2021 #83

John has his "issues" no doubt. Botany Feb 2021 #87

You have to wonder True Blue American Feb 2021 #88

Boehner was in the House when they did the gerrymandering .... Kasich was governor @ the time and .. Botany Feb 2021 #89

Progressive? 😂😂😂😂 zeusdogmom Feb 2021 #15

When the product can't be improved, advertise bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #16

Lets see...... go back to one Ken Blackwell and how he pulled his shenanigans turbinetree Feb 2021 #19

Blackwell's actions damaged Kerry far more than the Swiftboat lies. nt oasis Feb 2021 #84

Yepper spot on................ turbinetree Feb 2021 #85

I live 30 miles from Ohio and have no desire to even visit. appleannie1 Feb 2021 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Feb 2021 #22

This Seems Like An Excuse to Give Kickbacks to Political Consultants... TomCADem Feb 2021 #23

Or make it all about him, like Christy did with those NJ ads. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #52

Seriously? catbyte Feb 2021 #24

I agree! Stop moving to Georgia! MRDAWG Feb 2021 #25

I wonder how much he will pay us to stay here doc03 Feb 2021 #26

Progressive? Liquor is still sold in state stores. No way I go back. Auggie Feb 2021 #27

You can also but it in Kroger's! True Blue American Feb 2021 #67

After 40 years in California, I left for... Mawspam2 Feb 2021 #29

The WX sucks in Ohio during the winter. no thanks. n/t twin_ghost Feb 2021 #30

"Way to go, Ohio," Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders LaMouffette Feb 2021 #31

I tried that back in 1977. Arrived in late May, was on my way back to NYC first week in December. George II Feb 2021 #32

DO those "pure MIchigan" ads even work? I hear them and wonder who the heck is going to pick up and Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2021 #34

They're tourism ads..I think they work for tourism... LeftInTX Feb 2021 #49

The ones I hear are directed to businesses to get them to relocate nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2021 #78

As a Michigander, those ads make me cringe. Reminds me of some guy ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2021 #60

Fuck the Ohio GOP-KKK NEOBuckeye Feb 2021 #35

The only things Ohio has going for it are Kings Island and Cedar Point. mdbl Feb 2021 #36

Let me know when women have full bodily autonomy, mikey. Until then, f*** off. niyad Feb 2021 #37

BWAAAHAHAHAHA!!! paleotn Feb 2021 #38

I grew up in Westerville, which in the 60s Habibi Feb 2021 #39

I worked with a guy from Westerville, in San Francisco! CaptainTruth Feb 2021 #54

Is he serious? llmart Feb 2021 #40

It's an odd idea coming from him, as far as I'm concerned. Buckeye_Democrat Feb 2021 #42

I thought the Buckeyes were Ohio's ad for how great it is. bluedigger Feb 2021 #43

I live in the CITY by the BAY...I grew up in the city by the bay.... yuiyoshida Feb 2021 #44

More grift money for the GOP machinery. They can raise that in state. Ford_Prefect Feb 2021 #46

Loosing Reps modrepub Feb 2021 #47

Does that mean I'm gonna see ads for Ohio on TV? LeftInTX Feb 2021 #48

used to cross the border from WV to Ohio mdbl Feb 2021 #62

And you live in WV? True Blue American Feb 2021 #68

no was driving through multiple states mdbl Feb 2021 #75

LOL. I think Mike DeWine's ads should riff off of the old "Mikey likes it" ad. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #50

Sadly, I think that many states have similar situations, depending on the urban/rural divide spooky3 Feb 2021 #55

All the True Blue American Feb 2021 #72

+1 spooky3 Feb 2021 #90

Might work as well as South Dakota's "Meth. We're on it" ads IronLionZion Feb 2021 #57

I lived in Cincinnati for 12 of the longest years of my life Bayard Feb 2021 #58

I grew up in Ohio. When I announced I was moving to California I might have well said Oz. Auggie Feb 2021 #74

I just moved to Ohio about couple of years ago oldbones Feb 2021 #76

Do you have a hospital affiliation? True Blue American Feb 2021 #79

Nope. AnnieBW Feb 2021 #82

Wait until the next districting by Committee True Blue American Feb 2021 #92

Ohio is on my top 10 list of places never to set foot in again. Vinca Feb 2021 #86

I'm never going back Ohio Joe Feb 2021 #91

I lived there for 2 years. That was plenty. Unfortunately... a la izquierda Feb 2021 #94