Anonymous
Post 09/28/2024 19:03     Subject: Columbus, Ohio- thoughts?
Hi OP.
My best friend and her husband are both professors at OSU. They have a great school system where they live (in Dublin) —one kid has an IEP and the other is super gifted and is I. A gifted magnet school. They have an excellent quality of life, lots of academic friends, fairly LCOL.
Weather than ce kind of bleak and Columbus is a democratic oasis in a red state, but they are happy (and they are very cosmopolitan):
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2024 13:55     Subject: Columbus, Ohio- thoughts?
Anonymous wrote:Everytime I start thinking about Columbus positively as a potential city, I live through the grayness of this last week (and is forecasted to be sunless until Wednesday) and I just can't. I'm definitely worn down by ongoing clouds and overcast skies that last for weeks. Columbus is ranked one of the "gloomiest" cities based solely on this.


I grew up in Columbus, and the gloom (November-March, generally) had a real negative impact on my quality of life. I moved somewhere sunny for college and decided I could never go back.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2024 12:51     Subject: Re:Columbus, Ohio- thoughts?
Anonymous wrote:I was told by a friend of mine from Ohio (not Columbus) that Columbus has a lot of crime.

But he’s MAGA, so I’m inclined to think he believes all large cities have a lot of crime.


It does have a lot of crime but it’s definitely not up there with places like New Orleans, STL, Memphis etc. Seems about average for a larger city overall. And the suburbs people are mentioning aren’t necessarily super close to Columbus proper. Upper Arlington is the closest and would be sort of like, a less urban/built up Arlington or Bethesda. But Powell, Dublin, New Albany are further out outside their equivalent of the beltway. It would be like saying don’t move to Reston or Rockville because of crime in DC.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2024 12:44     Subject: Columbus, Ohio- thoughts?
THE Ohio State University, OP. Learn it, know it.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2024 12:15     Subject: Re:Columbus, Ohio- thoughts?
I was told by a friend of mine from Ohio (not Columbus) that Columbus has a lot of crime.

But he’s MAGA, so I’m inclined to think he believes all large cities have a lot of crime.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2024 12:09     Subject: Columbus, Ohio- thoughts?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:New Albany has excellent schools, as does Powell, Dublin (especially Dublin Jerome), and Upper Arlington.

If you have girls, CSG is a wonderful private school. Columbus Academy is coed (since the 90s). Also excellent. On the other side of town is Wellington. Smaller, but also a very good private school.

Honestly, the public and private school situation is better there than the DC area.

For where to live:

New Albany is very nice. A little Truman Show-esque. But probably where I would pick.

Powell and Dublin are very nice. Mix of house styles and ages.

Upper Arlington is expensive for the area. Older and smaller houses. Fantastic schools. People are a little cultish about UA.

Any of those towns would be good for an OSU commute.


Just avoid Columbus city schools. And be careful, there can be places with a Dublin or New Albany address, but Columbus city schools.


Actually the reverse is more common, Columbus address with Dublin or Worthington schools. Your taxes are split- so you can’t utilize the Dublin & Worthington public services.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2024 20:22     Subject: Columbus, Ohio- thoughts?
Anonymous wrote:I love that GenZ calls something. “Ohio” if it’s bad. Hilarious and completely correct.

I think Floridians started that.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2024 20:09     Subject: Columbus, Ohio- thoughts?
I love that GenZ calls something. “Ohio” if it’s bad. Hilarious and completely correct.