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Cincinnati, Ohio

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The Resume

    (1788- )
    Part of the Miami Purchase of 1788
    Benjamin Stites started first settlement
    Originally named Losantiville - changed to Cincinnati (1802)
    Incorporated as a city (1819)
    Sports teams are Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals

Why Cincinnati, Ohio might be annoying:

    Cincinnati is hard to spell.
    There was a stampede at a Who concert that killed 22 people (1980).
    Jerry Springer was Mayor (1978-1983).
    Mark Twain once said: 'When the world comes to an end, I'll be in Cincinnati. Everything happens 15 years later there.'
    Cincinnati's original name was Losantiville meaning 'town opposite the mouth of the Licking River.'
    In the 1920's the city began construction of a subway system that went broke from the Depression, and thus was never used.
    Voters passed Article XII allowing employees to discriminate against gays and prohibiting the city from enacting any gay rights (1993).

Why Cincinnati, Ohio might not be annoying:

    It is the birthplace of baseball's first professional team, Cincinnati Reds (1869).
    It is the home of Paramount's Kings' Island Amusement Park (one of the best in the nation).
    It was the setting for WKRP In Cincinnati.
    Its nickname is 'Queen City of the West.'
    It was written about by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 'Catawbe Wine.'
    Article XII. prohibiting gay rights, was repealed (2004).

Credit: Blossman


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 98 Votes: 31.63% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2035 Votes: 51.70% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1621 Votes: 48.12% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 1635 Votes: 43.79% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 478 Votes: 42.05% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 685 Votes: 45.69% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 694 Votes: 48.41% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 272 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 37 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 68 Votes: 61.76% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 203 Votes: 62.56% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 44 Votes: 61.36% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 121 Votes: 66.12% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 130 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 243 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 452 Votes: 55.31% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 670 Votes: 61.19% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1628 Votes: 43.49% Annoying