Ohio can be misunderstood—and it can be severly underestimated.
With the new year upon us, we want to set the record straight about the Buckeye State. The heartbeat of America. The one state we reallly couldn’t live without. Here are 11 things every Ohioan wants the rest of the country to know:
- We have no idea what cow tipping is, so stop asking us about it.
Mike/Flickr We’ve never done this before. We’ve never even wanted to. Here in Ohio, we love and appreciate our cows.
- For the last time, Ohio University and The Ohio State University are NOT the same thing.
Friscocali/Flickr How on earth do people get bobcats and buckeyes so confused?
- We are indefinitely better than Michigan.
alamosbasement/Flickr At everything. Every. Single. Thing.
- We have island life, too.
Sean Munson/Flickr In fact, Ohio is actually home to more than a dozen natural islands, all differing in size, their number of inhabitants and above-water presence (with the rise and fall of Lake Erie’s water levels), according to the ODNR Office of Coastal Management.
- You don’t have to like Skyline Chili.
Wally Gobetz/Flickr Just don’t knock it before you try it.
- We don’t have accents.
Brain Talbot/Flickr YOU do.
- We don’t catch rivers on fire anymore.
Erik Drost/Flickr People grow.
- We’re true survivors.
memecrunch.com (And we balance and rotate our tires more often than the average U.S. citizen.)
- We don’t have the luxury of weather patterns like the rest of you. Appreciate what you have.
Erik Drost/Flickr The word “pattern” implies sequential logic and reason that our seasons just don’t have.
- You will never escape the construction.
Doug Kerr/Flickr Ever. Stop wondering when that highway stretch of orange barrels will end. It won’t.
- YOU are not allowed to make fun of Ohio
Marc Kjerland/Flickr That’s an exclusive Ohioan privilege. <3
Do you agree with this list? What else should be added to this? Let us know!
Mike/Flickr
We’ve never done this before. We’ve never even wanted to. Here in Ohio, we love and appreciate our cows.
Friscocali/Flickr
How on earth do people get bobcats and buckeyes so confused?
alamosbasement/Flickr
At everything. Every. Single. Thing.
Sean Munson/Flickr
In fact, Ohio is actually home to more than a dozen natural islands, all differing in size, their number of inhabitants and above-water presence (with the rise and fall of Lake Erie’s water levels), according to the ODNR Office of Coastal Management.
Wally Gobetz/Flickr
Just don’t knock it before you try it.
Brain Talbot/Flickr
YOU do.
Erik Drost/Flickr
People grow.
memecrunch.com
(And we balance and rotate our tires more often than the average U.S. citizen.)
The word “pattern” implies sequential logic and reason that our seasons just don’t have.
Doug Kerr/Flickr
Ever. Stop wondering when that highway stretch of orange barrels will end. It won’t.
Marc Kjerland/Flickr
That’s an exclusive Ohioan privilege. <3
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