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I’m PP. Not worth a specific trip- wait for a wedding or a college visit or something.

-Go back for an Ohio State football game if you really want to experience Columbus. The marching band’s Skull Sessions are a not-to-be-missed part of the experience.
-If it’s not football season, tour campus, especially if you have children who have never experienced a massive state university campus.
-I know north better than south. There are lots of good dive bars in the Short North, near campus (the Library is a good option), and in Clintonville. North of Worthington is the Ruckmoor if you’re staying near 270 north or Polaris. 
-If you are a golf fan, the Memorial Tournament is a quintessential Columbus experience but book hotels well in advance. If you can’t make it, go to the Bogey Inn in Dublin for a classic Memorial-adjacent experience. 
-The Columbus Zoo would take a full day and is a world-class zoo. Visit the cheetahs and their dog companions and don’t miss the manatees.
-if you like Japanese food, there are many excellent Japanese restaurants in the area, a byproduct of the Honda plant that moved nearby decades ago. Dig through reviews of places near where you stay to get past cheap sushi and fusion places and there will be obvious standouts in many areas west and north of the city.

Do not visit during football weekends or memorial tournament weekend unless you intend to attend. It will be expensive and traffic will be bad.[/quote]

+1 as another native to Columbus.

The Columbus Zoo and COSI (the Center for Science and Industry) are the feathers in Columubus' kid-friendly cap.  German Village is the really picturesque neighborhood.  Schmidts is a landmark institution of German food.  It's the hometown of Jeni's ice cream.  Ohio State is ubiquitous, you'll see people wearing OSU gear wherever you go.

It is very stereotypical Midwest in both good and bad ways. People are as a rule friendlier than they are here.  Football is a big thing, there are good local restaurants but chain restaurants abound.  It is a much less healthy city than DC in terms of percentage of active versus overweight people.  Also agree with the PP who mentioned the handful of families who really run the city.  I could name half a dozen and they go back decades in terms of being in control.  In that way, I think it's different from a place like DC or New York which doesn't boil down to 5 or 6 specific families.

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