Cincinnati, Ohio, has had its share of comparisons. The city's pioneering urban contemporaries were Pittsburgh and Nashville; its prominent position on the Ohio River meant it joined the likes of Louisville and New Orleans as a 19th-century "riverboat" town. During the industrial revolution, Cincinnati drew waves of immigrants, similar to Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit. But one Cincinnati characteristic—world-famous chili served over spaghetti—remains distinctly its own.
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