Cincinnati or Columbus (Madison: living, station, gas)

[Cincy-Rise]

^ I know what you're talking about ... it's near that Speedway kind-of right? On the right side if you're heading south.

[HuskerDu]

Originally Posted by Cincy-Rise

^ I know what you're talking about ... it's near that Speedway kind-of right? On the right side if you're heading south.

Yep! That little stretch there is going to be really nice (and valuable) once "Joe Horney Park" is developed. The small building/row of business fronts next to the Pilot was just purchased for 1.8 million so I was told.

[aquila]

A number of years back, there was also a place along Wooster Pike just outside Mariemont...not very large, but she had some quality antiques in there. I don't recall the name.

[TMAN24]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

A lot of people who live or who have lived in the city of Cincinnati would take exception to this. The bulk of Cincinnati's neighborhoods are as safe as anywhere in the 'burbs, and don't forget that criminals are mobile. Frankly, I always felt safer in my own Madisonville neighborhood than I did walking through the parking lot at the Kenwood Towne Centre. I certainly wouldn't have peace of mind living in the suburbs and driving into town every day for work, wasting all that gas and polluting the air.

Go with your gut feeling, eagle-vet22. Cincinnati's job market isn't ideal, but it's diverse enough to be healthy. Rents are pretty cheap. Good luck!

There are very dicey areas of Madisonville tho, lot's of break ins,lot's of drugs sold, and lot's of guns on the streets of Madisonville.
You'd be surprised.

[restorationconsultant]

We looked at a lot of cities in several states before we decided on Cincinnati, including Columbus, maybe as an "outsider looking in" so to speak I might be a little more objective. I liked Columbus but Cincinnati won out for several reasons. Since I am a historic Restoration consultant, architecture was the biggest draw. No place in the midwest has what Cincinnati has. I liked the compactness of the city, it has that "urban feel" you get in an east coast city. Columbus is just too spread out.Once you know the streets you can get anywhere in a few minutes. Since we are coming from Indy, Columbus struck me as just too much like Indy, not a bad thing, but Columbus is just too suburban, in a "stepford wives" kind of way? And you can only have so many strip malls with the same chain stores.

Affordabiliity. I could not have found the house we bought in Columbus for what we paid in Cincinnati. Nor the architecture. As someone who will be opening a business, I felt the climate in Cincinnati was more tuned to what we are doing. And there are alot of people who need period victorian design work and antiques. (still looking for the right commercial building for that but we have to finish the house first)

I have found everyone to be helpful here, and my neighborhood is culturally diverse, white,black,gay,straight and everyone seems to get along. In my opinion Cincinnati just needs to do a better job of promotion and not put itself down so much as people from Cincinnati tend to be their own worst critics sometimes. For me at least Cincinnati was an easy choice over Columbus but thats just me.

[Humlermw]

Originally Posted by TMAN24

There are very dicey areas of Madisonville tho, lot's of break ins,lot's of drugs sold, and lot's of guns on the streets of Madisonville.
You'd be surprised.

You have just as many drugs in the Burbs as you do in Maddie'ville if not more. I know more kids from Indian Hill with drugs than kids from Madisonville. Also I think you are probably referring to the stretch of Madisonville along madison road. Other parts I've walked around at midnight with not a care in the world.

[Humlermw]

Originally Posted by restorationconsultant

We looked at a lot of cities in several states before we decided on Cincinnati, including Columbus, maybe as an "outsider looking in" so to speak I might be a little more objective. I liked Columbus but Cincinnati won out for several reasons. Since I am a historic Restoration consultant, architecture was the biggest draw. No place in the midwest has what Cincinnati has. I liked the compactness of the city, it has that "urban feel" you get in an east coast city. Columbus is just too spread out.Once you know the streets you can get anywhere in a few minutes. Since we are coming from Indy, Columbus struck me as just too much like Indy, not a bad thing, but Columbus is just too suburban, in a "stepford wives" kind of way? And you can only have so many strip malls with the same chain stores.

Affordabiliity. I could not have found the house we bought in Columbus for what we paid in Cincinnati. Nor the architecture. As someone who will be opening a business, I felt the climate in Cincinnati was more tuned to what we are doing. And there are alot of people who need period victorian design work and antiques. (still looking for the right commercial building for that but we have to finish the house first)

I have found everyone to be helpful here, and my neighborhood is culturally diverse, white,black,gay,straight and everyone seems to get along. In my opinion Cincinnati just needs to do a better job of promotion and not put itself down so much as people from Cincinnati tend to be their own worst critics sometimes. For me at least Cincinnati was an easy choice over Columbus but thats just me.

For a new Cincinnatian you sure have figured out more about whats wrong than most of us do in a lifetime. Glad to have you as a new resident.

[TMAN24]

Originally Posted by Humlermw

You have just as many drugs in the Burbs as you do in Maddie'ville if not more. I know more kids from Indian Hill with drugs than kids from Madisonville. Also I think you are probably referring to the stretch of Madisonville along madison road. Other parts I've walked around at midnight with not a care in the world.

You don't seem to know Madd-Ville very well,
Sounds like you may have drove threw it once or twice but do not know the in's and out's of it like I DO.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by Humlermw

You have just as many drugs in the Burbs as you do in Maddie'ville if not more. I know more kids from Indian Hill with drugs than kids from Madisonville. Also I think you are probably referring to the stretch of Madisonville along madison road. Other parts I've walked around at midnight with not a care in the world.

You got that right. There are some dicey parts of Madisonville, just like there are dicey parts of every neighborhood in the city. You can't paint Madisonville, or any neighborhood in the city, with the same brush.

But most of Madisonville is reasonably safe, where neighbors watch out for one another and butt in to stop trouble when butting in is warranted.

My college roommate lived in Hyde Park for years; her car was broken into more than once. I lived on Hurd Avenue for 13 years, and more often than not left my back door unlocked, or my garage unlocked. One weekend I went out of town and left my back door wide open. () Never had a problem. The neighbors were friendly, sat out on their front porches or took walks in the evenings. Just like Hyde Park.

Madisonville also has a strong neighborhood watch program. On my street alone, that helped take care of one or two people who were dealing.

[Humlermw]

Originally Posted by TMAN24

You don't seem to know Madd-Ville very well,
Sounds like you may have drove threw it once or twice but do not know the in's and out's of it like I DO.

Oh yes you are so much more knowledgeable. Why do ignorant people claim things which cannot be proven one way or the other.