Cincinnati is Ohio's third largest city and the largest metro
region, and lies on the north bank of the Ohio River in Southwest Ohio in the
United States of America. Known as the "Queen City" or "Queen of
the West," Cincinnati was the only 19th century American city that left a
favorable impression on the then 30-year-old English author Charles Dickens.
“Cincinnati is a beautiful city; cheerful, thriving, and animated,” Dickens
wrote in “American Notes.” “I have not often seen a place that commends itself
so favorably and pleasantly to a stranger at the first glance as this does:
with its clean houses of red and white, its well-paved roads, and foot-ways of
bright tile. Nor does it become less prepossessing on a closer acquaintance.”
Cincinnati is distinct amongst Midwestern cities. Its culture
is a mixture of the Northeast, Old South, Midwest, and Appalachia blended with
a strong German-Catholic heritage. It was one of the United States' early
boomtowns, and the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is the largest National Historic
District in the country. Today, it's part of a fast-growing metro area, and
home to a remarkable blend of industry and architecture. Downtown Cincinnati is
surrounded by picturesque foothills that add a beautiful backdrop to the Queen
City and its legendary skyline – celebrated in the opening credits of
television show WKRP in Cincinnati.
