# So who are the Ohio (and environs) Dopers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908 "2004-03-01T15:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/1 "2004-03-01T15:11:56Z")
It’s just that now that we’re out here in Marietta we’re wondering who to invite when we get around to the big housewarming party? So how 'bout it? Ohio? West Virginia? Kentucky? Pennsylvania? I’m told not to include Michigan for some reason. What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/2 "2004-03-01T15:25:31Z")
There are none. There are only Dopers in the mid-Atlantic, and you’ve left us forever. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/3 "2004-03-01T16:09:30Z")
Ohio Doper here! Only I’m on the wrong side of the state. So it goes. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/4 "2004-03-01T16:25:04Z")
Akron, Ohio and it’s raining in Downtown Cleveland (where I work). ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/5 "2004-03-01T16:29:50Z")
_shakes fist in anger_ You dratted anti-Kalamazoo-ists! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/6 "2004-03-01T17:53:50Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > I’m told not to include Michigan for some reason. What’s up with that? WHO told you not to include Michigan? Huh? Huh? –Persephone, Michigan Doper (and there’s a boatload of other Michigan Dopers way cooler than me!) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/7 "2004-03-01T18:20:12Z")
I dunno. Some guy with ‘The Ohio State University’ on his shirt. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/8 "2004-03-01T18:25:22Z")
Toledoan here–I’m pretty close to Michigan though, does that make me _unclean_? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/9 "2004-03-01T18:31:40Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > I dunno. > > Some guy with ‘The Ohio State University’ on his shirt. Was it **thinksnow**? Because I’m not afraid to come after his sorry rump if I need to. Grrrrr… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/10 "2004-03-01T18:36:53Z")
See, I love people from Michigan. (Especially when they’re nekkid.) Just another reason I don’t fit in so well around here. **JC** , I’m around here but I think there is some sort of bad karma of mine which keeps me from enjoying one of your parties. It’s highly unlikely I’d make it unless you hold your housewarming in the Tampa Bay area. Which would be very warm, but a tad inconvenient. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/11 "2004-03-01T18:42:04Z")
I think the caterer’s would balk at the drive. Call me silly. ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/12 "2004-03-01T23:10:54Z")
I live just close enough to Ohio to commute there every day to work, but far enough away that I still remember not to drive 55mph in the left lane all the time. Apparently that whole “Keep right except to pass” is a new thing in Ohio. I live about 5 minutes from Cincinnati, just South of Covington, KY. ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/13 "2004-03-01T23:59:46Z")
Whoever recommended slighting the Michiganders probably just remembers the Toledo War of 1835: [http://www.dnutt.com/articles/toledwar.htm](http://www.dnutt.com/articles/toledwar.htm) But the ironies of history: the Detroit Tigers still have the Toledo Mudhens for their AAA team! Best regards, Mooney252 Former Clevelander ---
**Author:** ![fireman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fireman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fireman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/14 "2004-03-02T00:56:16Z")
Well, I can look out the window and see Ohio, but I’m about 40 minutes north of you. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/15 "2004-03-02T01:04:26Z")
Akron, here. Am looking forward to your ballroom-sized house. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/16 "2004-03-02T01:13:58Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > There are none. There are only Dopers in the mid-Atlantic, and you’ve left us forever. What Gingy said. How silly of you to leave us, yet think you’d still have a life worth living! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/17 "2004-03-02T01:37:14Z")
Has it occured to you, RT, that might live is worth living precisely _because_ I left? Do a search on threads I started today in MPSIMS for an update. Other than being a jew in the wilderness it’s not so bad. And when I say ‘ballroom’ it’s tongue in cheek, you know, Sam. You can see a pic of it up there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/18 "2004-03-02T01:41:08Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Has it occured to you, RT, that might live is worth living precisely _because_ I left? > > Do a search on threads I started today in MPSIMS for an update. Other than being a jew in the wilderness it’s not so bad. > > And when I say ‘ballroom’ it’s tongue in cheek, you know, Sam. You can see a pic of it up there somewhere. Hey, JC: Still have that black couch? You could put it in the ballroom, fill up some space. What? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/19 "2004-03-02T01:42:25Z")
In case anyone is interested… [Update from Ohio.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242570) ---
**Author:** ![pezboy2u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@pezboy2u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezboy2u)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908/20 "2004-03-02T01:55:54Z")
Akron Ohio here (well, actually a tiny suburb of Akron)- just moved here from Chicago and there’s nothing to do! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-are-the-ohio-and-environs-dopers/231908.md?page=2)