I’m coming up on my ninth anniversary of moving to Ohio, and despite dedicating those years (minus one in Louisville) to understanding the state and its people, I still can’t wrap my head around one statewide trend: the tendency of Ohio natives to denigrate their home state.

Maybe it’s because I’m a Pollyanna, always looking on the bright side. Maybe it’s because I found my dream job and my husband here. Maybe it’s because I’m from Iowa, so anything with slightly more hills and slightly more people feels very “bright lights big city.” The fact is, I can’t help but think that the people who hate it here are just not looking hard enough.

My news team goes all over the state, past the Three Big Cs (Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati), to track down stories. And yes, some of them are less

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