Re: the Northern Kentucky ads, we call Northern Kentucky by another name: Ohio. In my corner of Ohio, we have "O'Tucks day," which is a day set aside for Ohioans from Kentucky. (That translates into almost all of us!) Lots of KY food and music. Apparently, pinto beans and corn bread and fried potatoes is considered ethnic food to people who aren't from around here. Here it's the staple diet.
Why did the Ohioans build a bridge across the Ohio River? So the briars from Kentucky could swim across in the shade. LOL
The briars tried to blow up Ohio once by throwing dynamite at us from across the river. We lit the sticks of dynamite and threw them back. LOL
Trivia: The Cincinnati airport code is CVG because the Cincinnati airport is in Covington, KY. Just across the river from Cincy in Northern Kentucky.
I live in a town called Hamilton. Everyone around here calls it Hamiltucky. Both of my parents are from KY and my husband was born there, too. There was a huge migration to OH from KY during WWII to work in the factories and it continued with people looking for work at GM and GE. J.D. Crowe used to perform a song about this migration called, "Follow the Bologna Trail."
I could go on all day. Gee, think I'll stop.