In several conversations online recently I’ve run across an interesting attitude amongst some of the Cincy based blogger community. It happens to be one I cannot agree with at all, namely that we should only focus on the positive in our blogs. What a wonderful, positive thought that is. Its also enthusiastically wrong.

The idea that one can be a part of a community by overlooking that community’s flaws is complete BS. If you care about your neighborhood/city/area then you should get off your behind and get involved. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. (Whatever those problems may be.) If you simply sit and parrot the stories of the positive then you are doing a disservice to yourself and those around you.

Think about it. What truly kills corruption? What reveals issues that need to be addressed? What generates dialogue? People who are not afraid to face the ills of their community and talk about them, that’s what.

Cincinnati is my home now, and I intend to be a good member of the community here. That means that I will not hold my tongue as I discover negatives. Doing so would only enable their persistence.  This is our home, let us all have the courage to keep trying to better it.

So what do you think? Should Cincy Bloggers only focus on the positive, and if so why? For myself I cannot see anything good coming of willfully ignoring the negative. Self Deception is never a good thing IMHO..

-Loki, CincyVoices Founder

Additional: I hope to be blogging on a more regular basis now that I cam starting to recover. I got pneumonia during our trip to New Orleans and have been fairly beat down for the past few weeks

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Cincinnati Fish Fry Crawl – Week 1 – DeSales Church

by GeekJames February 26, 2010

A Weekly Report on Cincinnati’s Lenten Fish Fries…
I’m not Catholic. I just happen to like fish.
Having been raised in Philadelphia, we grew up with fresh fish, always beautiful and fresh. Not just the bland supermarket varieties like cod and flounder, but the more colorful and flavorful fish such as bass, perch, catfish, and crab, a [...]

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A Call To Farm

by Dark Martha February 17, 2010

It is an exciting time to be a foodie in this country.  Hell, it’s an exciting time to be a foodie in Cincinnati!  There is a call for a stronger sustainable foodshed that is finally, finally being noticed by those who can actually DO something about it.  [...]

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There Are No Blue Neon Signs at Art Beyond Boundaries

by Etha Walters February 6, 2010

As a disabled woman my biggest hurdle that I have to stride isn’t the everyday mundane physical hurdles like getting dressed, doing house work and making sure that my wheelchair is charged up enough to get me through the day; my biggest hurdles come with the everyday interaction with people and helping them get [...]

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The Great SuperBowl River City Crossover

by Loki February 6, 2010

I’m sitting in Cincinnati watching the snow pile up outside. It feels perfectly appropriate since the Saints are going to their first SuperBowl in history. Satan is skating to work through a frozen hell-scape today! The excitement gripping New Orleans is so intense I can physically feel it up here in Cincy, and I can’t stand [...]

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Write This One Down

by Dark Martha February 5, 2010

A few years ago, the idea of rain catchment and use was flirting with mainstream media. If you wanted in on the trend, you could drop a couple of hundred bucks on a fancy rain barrel to attach to your home’s downspout, and with luck you could save some money on your water utility bill [...]

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How Much is 120K Worth?

by classicgrrl February 1, 2010

I debated heavily with myself before posting this; we have enough negative press in Cincinnati and I don’t like to add to it.  But this hit home; literally.
The Cincinnati Enquirer released a series of articles last week detailing information about the new cast for MTV’s ‘Taking the Stage’.  The article ‘Taking the Stage:’ SCPA students [...]

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Who Dey? For The SuperBowl It’s Who Dat!

by Loki January 31, 2010

As some of you are aware I’m the member of the team most recently relocated to the city. My wife and I came up here last Spring from New Orleans and rapidly became ensconced in Northside. My point of origin is crucial for understanding this post.
You see, this year the Saints are finally going to [...]

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The Big “Hello”.

by Fickle Lew January 30, 2010

Friends, Neighbors, Northsiders…  All those whose homes and lives converge in this great winding love affair of brick, steel, concrete and glass…
Hello on behalf of those who scoot between the lines and lanes of this great city. My name is Lew Ross and I have been overfond of time on my skateboard for over two [...]

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Art Bridges

by classicgrrl January 26, 2010

“Walking out of the Barrelhouse to my car, I passed by a group of black and white urbanites; both female and male lounging on a stoop in a random doorway strumming a very old, beat up acoustic guitar. As sirens blew and dealers lurked on the corner, you could hear the group singing ‘No Woman [...]

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