Dayton, Ohio SperlingViews

Dayton is a mixed bag. Winters are long and depressing. Summers can be hot, humid, rainy and unbearable or somewhat nice. Spring tends not to happen, we'll go from highs in the 50s straight to highs in the 90s with 100% humidity. One place to enjoy is Fraze Pavilion with lots of summer concerts, usually stars from the 70s or 80s. If you don't have a ticket, you can pull up a lawn chair and listen for free.
Dayton depended for years on old-line manufacturing and hasn't quite figured out how to replace those jobs. Wright Patterson Air Force Base is the major employer. Wright State, the University of Dayton, and Sinclair Community College are good educational institutions. You can pretty much get anywhere in the area in about 20 minutes. Cinncinati and Columbus are easy drives.
If you are moving here, I would stay out of the city limits. Kettering is a nice inner ring suburb, then there is Beavercreek, Centerville, and others. You can live in a bedroom community like Xenia (heads up for tornados) or Troy. Just my take, thanks for reading

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Grew up here, moved away, moved back, want to move - 9/3/2007

I grew up here, moved away to Akron/Cleveland, moved back here and we are looking to move away from this area for good. Dayton/Metro? eh, Not much to offer. The only good thing about Dayton is[read more...]

Dayton = Depressing - 4/6/2007

Reading some of these glowing reviews of Dayton is shocking. Dayton proper is dirty, old, and full of homeless people. I don't recommend spending any time in the downtown area. The alleged[read more...]

increase in crime - 4/3/2007

Although I have lived in Dayton my entire life the crime and drug problems within the city have become unbearable. We are looking to move.[read more...]

It's Great In Dayton - 2/6/2007

Dayton is a hidden gem! with a cost of living lower than the national average, and with access to so many wonderful ammeniities; everyone from all ages and backgrounds will have a wonderful time and[read more...]

Great place to live - 2/5/2007

Dayton has all the amenities of larger cities with out the crowds. [read more...]

Dayton is one of those "best kept secrets" - 1/16/2007

Although I've lived in the Dayton area most of my life, I've traveled to many parts of the globe. There aren't many cities that have the excellent quality of life we have here (I've been stuck on[read more...]

homicide rate - 8/8/2006

in top ten for nation almost every[read more...]

Should be more..... - 7/17/2006

With Dayton once the center of American ingenuity you would things things here would be better here....great Universities and local community colleges, yet the downtown is dead.....sure there's a lot[read more...]

Don't like the weather, wait five minutes, it'll c - 5/19/2006

It is not unusual for the morning to start with snow and the afternoon to be bright and sunny. Changes of 10 to 20 degrees a day are not unheard of. Here, in "Sinus Valley", it is no wonder why[read more...]

Home of the Wright Brothers - 2/26/2006

Great place to live but a beach and warmer weather would be[read more...]

crime - 9/22/2005

the crime seems to be getting worse and the places to live are going down because of crime.[read more...]