Columbus Georgia - what's it really like? (Atlanta, Savannah: real estate, apartment)

[Columbusattorney]

The household income in Columbus GA has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $33,453, which amounts to a 17.2 percent decline. The Columbus, GA-AL MSA, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 4 of 6 metro area in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Georgia. Columbus ranks 15 of 233 metro area when comparing the decline in median income level for the United States.

When compared to other Metro Areas throughout the United States, the Columbus metro area had a relatively low median household income of $40,379 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 23 percent lower than the median in State of Georgia of $49,647 and the median is 21.7 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

As the median income level saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in the Columbus, GA-AL metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in median household income was the Hispanic category. This group felt a decline of 43.3 percent from 2000 to 2005. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Columbus, undergoing a 2 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Columbus metro area can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 15.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 24.6 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Columbus, having 24 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The poverty rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro has increased by 3.8 percent since the amount published in 2000, moving from 15.6 percent to 19.4 percent.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census.

[gaflsc]

This is how the lay of the land is in Columbus:

Ghetto, AFLAC, more ghetto, downtown.

That pretty much sums it up. It's slightly better than Macon. Slightly.

[Hoosier]

Since I'm not from Georgia I don't understand the Macon comment. Is there a rivalry between the towns? We do have that here with Minneapolis and St. Paul. Even though St. Paul is our state capital, it's all about Minneapolis. And people on the east side of the cities don't care for people on the west side of the cities and vice versa.

[gaflsc]

Originally Posted by Hoosier

Since I'm not from Georgia I don't understand the Macon comment. Is there a rivalry between the towns?

Unintentional post of the day!

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by Hoosier

Since I'm not from Georgia I don't understand the Macon comment. Is there a rivalry between the towns? We do have that here with Minneapolis and St. Paul. Even though St. Paul is our state capital, it's all about Minneapolis. And people on the east side of the cities don't care for people on the west side of the cities and vice versa.

From various recent threads in this forum, I would have to say that some rivalry appears to exist between the towns in question.

In the Atlanta metro, the division mainly seems to be ITP versus OTP (inside the I-285 perimeter versus outside the I-285 perimeter), which seems to boil down to urban versus suburban in many cases.

[skelo31]

Hoosier, in terms of this forum, there seems to be a rival because these people are just simply "bored out of their minds" and don't have a lot of information to give so they argue with each other instead. But no, there is not a "real" rivalry between these cities. If these people would realize that we could all learn from each other here instead of arguing with each other, then everyone would profit more from the forum.

As Columbus goes, that was just people from other cities in Georgia. I assure you that Columbus is a clean, prosperous city with a lot to offer. It would not be awarded as it has been if it was not.

[Columbusattorney]

Originally Posted by skelo31

Hoosier, in terms of this forum, there seems to be a rival because these people are just simply "bored out of their minds" and don't have a lot of information to give so they argue with each other instead. But no, there is not a "real" rivalry between these cities. If these people would realize that we could all learn from each other here instead of arguing with each other, then everyone would profit more from the forum.

As Columbus goes, that was just people from other cities in Georgia. I assure you that Columbus is a clean, prosperous city with a lot to offer. It would not be awarded as it has been if it was not.

Every city gets an award from wayward magazines etc which are truly meaningless....just like the fortune tellers at the SELIG site.
I wish I could actually get paid like they do to just come up with little positive dittys....
Columbus unfortunately has NOTHING substantial to offer except increased crime,poverty and unemployed (now standing at nearly 13K according to local DOL office)

[Bulldawgfan]

Originally Posted by Columbusattorney

...
Columbus unfortunately has NOTHING substantial to offer...

Columbusattorney,

I have never lived in the Columbus area. I have only been there for week long stays, ten or so times for work. I like what I see uptown. I stay in a hotel downtown and walk around there quite often. I bought a tee shirt from Scuffy Murphys. (Would have bought one from the Cannon place but they were out of my size.) I would never stay in down town Macon.
So, in my opinion... Columbus is moving in the right direction. I know none of the details (such as you do), but, on the surface, I think it is pretty cool for out-of-town travelers. The performing arts building(or museum... whatever it is) looks cool... the river front is actually used... old buildings have been/are being renovated. The suburbs might suck but dowtown/uptown is looking pretty cool.

[saharaga]

Originally Posted by skelo31

As Columbus goes, that was just people from other cities in Georgia. I assure you that Columbus is a clean, prosperous city with a lot to offer. It would not be awarded as it has been if it was not.

I'm really trying my best to respect the OP wishes and not give him the downsides to living here. If you keep throwing out blanket untruths like this, I'll have to chime in...and I live in Columbus so it's not just people that don't live in Columbus that have a contrary opinion.

[Columbus1984]

Originally Posted by Bulldawgfan

Columbusattorney,

I have never lived in the Columbus area. I have only been there for week long stays, ten or so times for work. I like what I see uptown. I stay in a hotel downtown and walk around there quite often. I bought a tee shirt from Scuffy Murphys. (Would have bought one from the Cannon place but they were out of my size.) I would never stay in down town Macon.
So, in my opinion... Columbus is moving in the right direction. I know none of the details (such as you do), but, on the surface, I think it is pretty cool for out-of-town travelers. The performing arts building(or museum... whatever it is) looks cool... the river front is actually used... old buildings have been/are being renovated. The suburbs might suck but dowtown/uptown is looking pretty cool.

Great post, thank you.