Review of Columbus, Ohio


Sprawl, no charm, boring boring
Star Rating - 6/23/2021
I was temporarily relocated to Columbus in early 2019 by my employer for a short term assignment. No offense to Ohio, there are a lot of pretty areas there but Columbus is not one of them. This place has major sprawl issues, and lots of urban blight which they seem to not really care about. Cleveland and Cincy are by far better cities in my opinion. There is at least some charm there, and actual neighborhoods. Traffic is insane, drivers are suicidal and tailgating seems to be a sport. What do people do here besides drink and watch sports? Downtown was deserted most nights spare the panhandlers and homeless people that pushed carts past my hotel. If you’re considering OH as a potential move, I would skip Columbus and look at Cincinnati or Cleveland.
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I disagree. I lived in Columbus for years. There is a great music, art, and food scene and plenty to do. Columbus has great farmer's markets, brew events, concerts, art festivals, sports events and more! There are beautiful older homes that are being restored, a German Village, Ohio State and all of those events in the arts, sports, etc. I worked at the Ohio Herb Education center in Gahanna and at a healtfood store in Clintonville and see the passion of people going local and supporting Ohio's farms. l also grew up near Cleveland and love it too. I think that you did not explore enough. I live in Seattle and have traveled so I believe that I have good perspective. Maybe this was more about how you felt about your move and less about the city. Go Bucks!
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