Sometimes, here in Ohio the struggle is all too real.
There’s always an unexpected weather occurrence to combat. There’s always an out-of-stater who thinks you grew up on a farm and tipped a cow. (What?!) And there’s always bizarre street construction that never seems to serve a purpose or have a completion date. If you’ve lived in Ohio for awhile, these are 17 struggles you can totally relate to:
1. When you are 100 percent convinced that you don’t have an accent and someone from out of state is dead-set on convincing you that you do.
8. When people from out of state ask you what cow tipping is like and you honestly have no idea what to tell them because you’re not even really sure what that is.
None of us know. None of us know because WE DON’T DO THAT HERE.
9. When you give directions based on a location’s proximity to a major city and you give them in time increments, (not miles), and your friend STILL wants to know where something is located as if you didn't even answer the question.
12. When someone from out of state makes fun of you for saying “pop” instead of “soda” and you just want to scream: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN I AM NOT AN ALIEN.
April is the Ohio staff writer for Only in Your State. She is an Ohio native with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. With more than 10 years of writing experience and a background in news reporting for Ohio newspapers, she's published pieces in multiple print and online publications. When she's not on deadline or chasing after her toddler, she's hunting for hidden gems in Ohio or getting lost in a good book.
