In Cincinnati, the menace is the summer humidity. Mark Twain, a one-time resident, thought the Queen City of the West was too slow. Winston Churchill thought it beautiful. Larry Flynt, local publisher, thinks it too tame. Former Mayor Jerry Springer thought it too polite.
Demographers say it is spectacularly typical.
But it is also a city that makes the most of itself. Humidity notwithstanding, summer seems to bring out the best of Cincinnati. A new aquarium surrounds visitors with marine life, and ancient Egypt is on rare display at the Cincinnati Museum Center, with a tour of King Tut's tomb. And then there are the arts. Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups.