What are the best neigborhoods in Cincinnati?

Where is the good life? For families? Singles?

BLUE ASH.

Top notch school district with school sponsored sports starting in 7th grade, a junior high which boasts over 70 clubs and organizations for students to participate in (and twice that at the high school)...weekly concerts over the summer...Taste of Blue Ash in the fall...Summerbration and Memorial Day Parade in the Spring...extremely diverse families from every economic sector and from all over the nation and world (we have a P&G branch here)....$40 a year to belong to the local pool/Rec Center...all with a small town atmosphere where people walk to the store or the library and have garage sales that entire neighborhoods participate in...oh, and we were voted one of America's top 50 cities to raise a family.

Blue Ash, Kenwood, Bridgetown

Kelly Tanis in Cincinnati, Ohio said: BLUE ASH.

Top notch school district with school sponsored sports starting in 7th grade, a junior high which boasts over 70 clubs and organizations for students to participate in (and twice that at the high school)...weekly concerts over the summer...Taste of Blue Ash in the fall...Summerbration and Memorial Day Parade in the Spring...extremely diverse families from every economic sector and from all over the nation and world (we have a P&G branch here)....$40 a year to belong to the local pool/Rec Center...all with a small town atmosphere where people walk to the store or the library and have garage sales that entire neighborhoods participate in...oh, and we were voted one of America's top 50 cities to raise a family.

So where does the part about your disrespectful children who kick footballs into your ederly neighbors yard come to play? What a great example you are setting for what seems to be your already spoilded children! Calling the Police on her and having her arrested.

Mike Redmond in Columbus, Ohio said: So where does the part about your disrespectful children who kick footballs into your ederly neighbors yard come to play? What a great example you are setting for what seems to be your already spoilded children! Calling the Police on her and having her arrested.

Might want to get your facts straight. I didn't call the police, my husband called the dispatch office at the request of <Name Removed> because we have a neighborhood liasion officer who told her she should call him whenever she has decided to take a ball. That officer wasn't available, so they sent someone else, and <Name Removed> would talk with him, but she said she'd talk to <Name Removed> when he came on duty, which was the next morning. My husband said that was fine - he didn't want to upset her, he just wanted the ball back. But the sergeant apparently decided he didn't want to let it go at that and said he was adamant about getting the ball back that night. So, he came out and the two officers went into <Name Removed> house, and then she started yelling at them and refused to give the ball back. They tried to simply give her a ticket, but she refused to sign it. They took her to the station. My husband told the officer that he didn't want her arrested and didn't want them to push her because she has bad nerves and she doesn't take her medicine. My husband was outside with my son playing ball with him, and my son immediately apologized to <Name Removed> when the ball accidentally rolled onto her property. You don't know what you're talking about so please stop making false assumptions about people you've never met in places you've never been.

Thank you for posting Kelly Tanis statement. My interest was drawn to this story and I will admit I was one who jumped on the side condemning the Tanis's. I regret my hasty judgment, if what Ms. Tanis says is true. Hopefully <Name Removed> can help resolve this conflict.
I understand every Police department has some officers who can give the whole dept. a black eye. I am lucky enough to have one of the top rated Police dept. in the country. But we have one or two who's actions sometimes are not up to dept. standard. I hope people will not condemn the whole dept. for the actions of the few or one. Citizen complain letters at least in my experience do help improve your Police services.

Sounds like Kelly is back peddling now since 99% of the nation thinks she's a bad parent. I guess she thinks that none of us have read the continuous stories about this and how she keeps changing her story. I read that this has been going on for years. After years, one would come to the conlusion that they are harrassing this poor woman. She obviously thought so and that's why she was fed up and kept the football. What awful and nasty people! Top 50 cities to raise a family obviously didn't take the Tanis's into consideration.

I'm pretty sure this isn't the forum for stupidity. Do your homework and get a grip. Just because a reporter reports something doesn't make it the story as I have said it.

Take a look at the Cincinnati Enquirer reports if you'd like proof.

See for yourself and grow up. This forum asks a simple question - what are the best neighborhoods in Cincinnati - my answer was relevant and I still stand behind it. Blue Ash is one of America's 50 Fabulous Places to Raise a Family. We have, for the most part, great neighbors who have been extremely supportive - they may not be the ones finding any blog on the Internet to spout untruths, but they are the real people who are involved in their community and support us 100%. Situations like this bring out the best and the worst in people. Unfortunately, we've seen a lot of the worst - but from what I hear, the best is yet to come because many people have begun to rally behind us and want to make this a positive experience for my son and for the city of Blue Ash. <Name Removed> can't ruin the people we are and can't keep us from continuing to play with our children. She's been a thief for over forty years. I'm sorry she chooses to be a miserable, unhappy person, but I don't have to encourage that behavior in my children by responding in kind.

If you have comments about this neighborhood, this is the forum for that. If you have nonsensical comments about me as a person, perhaps you might keep those thoughts to yourself and allow this site to do what it was meant to do.

Grumpy Oldman in Rocklin, California said: Thank you for posting Kelly Tanis statement. My interest was drawn to this story and I will admit I was one who jumped on the side condemning the Tanis's. I regret my hasty judgment, if what Ms. Tanis says is true. Hopefully Officer Bray can help resolve this conflict.
I understand every Police department has some officers who can give the whole dept. a black eye. I am lucky enough to have one of the top rated Police dept. in the country. But we have one or two who's actions sometimes are not up to dept. standard. I hope people will not condemn the whole dept. for the actions of the few or one. Citizen complain letters at least in my experience do help improve your Police services.

I just wanted to thank you for following up on this after you understood more of this story - you are the only person to come forward and do so, and there have been dozens of you out there. Thank you. And I still stand by everything I said about Blue Ash - this is a great neighborhood, and if people could see the heartfelt concern the officers involved - and those not involved - had with regard to this situation, you'd understand what a truly great place this is. The BAPD is so concerned for its neighborhoods that they DO involve themselves these kinds of disputes because they want this place to continue to be great. It's that simple. :)

Ross Ohio is a wonderful place to raise children with that small home town feel but close enough to all the amenities that you need. Our schools are rated above excellence. And they are!

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I have always enjoyed inspecting houses in the Mariemont section of Cincinnati Ohio. Blue Ash, as well as Loveland, Fairfield, West Chester, Lebanon are all certainly great places to raise a family, for the most part.

College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati is my "hometown" area and one I recommed. Voted one of "This Old House" 10 best communities. Affordable housing, multiple options in public Cincinnati School District, McAuley HS girl's parochial, St Xavier or LaSalle boy's parochial. Easy transportation to all Greater Cincinnati areas and great multi-cultural diverse "neigborhood." Our community serves a political bellweather for polling purposes. Would gladly move here again and would encourage my best friends and family to share this neighborhood as well

Why would ANYONE consider BLUE ASH after all this nonsense about Kelly Tanis, her hubby and select neighbors pushing a poor old lady to the breaking point revealed what the community is really like?

Kelly, you can try to repaint the story all you want but in the end you, your hubby, your neighbors and the kids involved in this mess are entirely to blame. You call her "a thief for over forty years"; well just how many years do you need to get it through your thick skull that the woman wants to be left ALONE? Talk about choosing to be "a miserable, unhappy person"! Is it really all that hard for you "grown ups" to have some respect for your neighbor and ask your bratty kids to play down the street a bit so as to not bother that poor woman? I mean come on, it's not like you have done anything on your part to make sure this woman isn't bothered in her own home and on her property.
You may want to get "your facts straight" as well and take a lesson in human relations. The fact that you "parents" of the kids constantly throwing balls or whatever into her yard have done NOTHING to make sure it doesn't happen any more shows how lacking you are in humanity for your neighbor. Had you all done what you should have to be a good neighbor then this would NEVER had gotten to this point.
All that is evident from the news stories and your less than humble attitude about this whole incident is that BLUE ASH is one of those towns where parents spoil their kids into becoming brats; filling their heads with ideas that they are entitled to anything they want, that they don't have to respect their neighbor or answer for their actions.

It all depends on what kind of program you want. I agree, Blue Ash (Sycamore) is a pretty good neighborhood, considering academics and sports. Lakota East is also a good school, if you're looking at athletics.