What is the most dangerous part of columbus? (Cleveland, Bexley: violent crime, house)

[ChrissyR]

I live in Whitehall and I love it. To me it's all what you are used to or desire. I like a working class neighborhood with diversity. I don't like a neighborhood where everyone looks the same. I feel very safe here.

[Ron.]

Originally Posted by movingon87

North East (Karl, Cleveland, Morse), also Hilltop, Whitehall, Linden, and Mount Vernon Ave. Some sections of Main st, depending where you are on it. 5th Ave once you get away from High St. Some of this might be overlap, but yeah.

Be more specfic about 5th ave. It's not all of 5th it's EAST 5th.

[Ron.]

Originally Posted by ChrissyR

I live in Whitehall and I love it. To me it's all what you are used to or desire. I like a working class neighborhood with diversity. I don't like a neighborhood where everyone looks the same. I feel very safe here.

Oh, you mena you wouldn't like Dublin?


I sure wouldn't want to live in Dub. It's too "sterile".

[inthemix]

I don't readily admit it, but I grew up in Dublin- graduated from Coffman in 96. I avoid that area, except to visit the folks now. It's changed for the worse over the years. Too snobby.

Dublin is scary and unsafe from a certain perspective. If you don't want any diversity (racial or economic) then it's fine. But, if you want to prep your kids for a life in the real world, where BMWs and fancy houses are not the norm for everyone then you are much better off somewhere else.

Obviously there are plenty of good folks in Dublin. I'm commenting more on the overall vibe of the area.

[dustin183]

Originally Posted by movingon87

North East (Karl, Cleveland, Morse), also Hilltop, Whitehall, Linden, and Mount Vernon Ave. Some sections of Main st, depending where you are on it. 5th Ave once you get away from High St. Some of this might be overlap, but yeah.

No disrespect, but you are obviously very ignorant on this matter.

You can't put Whitehall in the same category as the rest of those.

Whitehall is an actual autonomous "suburb"... it has it's own police force, mayor, etc. And it is MUCH safer than linden, mount vernon, etc.

It is not a ghetto. There is nothing boarded up there. Granted it's not as nice as Bexley, but please. Housing is affordable and in demand in Whitehall.

For the record, I grew up in Whitehall & Pataskala, went to OSU, and now live in LA. Have lived in Dallas, Korea, and been to many places, so I think I offer a sound perspective.

The fact that you left out Livingston Ave and The bottoms, tells me you don't know much about cbus.

[BelieveInCleve]

For each side,
Northside: Milo-Grogan and South Linden - Off Cleveland ave south of Hudson, mainly East of 71.
Eastside: Near Eastside - Mainly North of Broad st, also South of Main.
Westside: Franklinton - West of Downtown, East of 70.
Southside: Livingston ave area - East of Parsons, Especially North of Whittier.

[14thandYou]

I don't know if it's the most dangerous part of the city, but parts of Franklinton--particularly along Sullivant Avenue, are just downright nasty. That's a real unpleasant part of the city; the near west side as a whole isn't a great place to be once you get more than a few blocks away from the riverfront.

I also remember what Greenlawn Avenue around Cooper Stadium used to look like before they closed the projects down. That was not a fun place to be at all. I haven't been down there in years, but I don't think it's anything like it used to be.

About 20 years ago, I had family that lived in South Linden. The place was in pretty bad shape then, and I don't think it has gotten any better. North Linden is a different story (it's far more stable), but South Linden remains very troubled.

[tribecavsbrowns]

Originally Posted by inthemix

I don't readily admit it, but I grew up in Dublin- graduated from Coffman in 96. I avoid that area, except to visit the folks now. It's changed for the worse over the years. Too snobby.

Dublin is scary and unsafe from a certain perspective. If you don't want any diversity (racial or economic) then it's fine. But, if you want to prep your kids for a life in the real world, where BMWs and fancy houses are not the norm for everyone then you are much better off somewhere else.

Obviously there are plenty of good folks in Dublin. I'm commenting more on the overall vibe of the area.

It's a great-sounding line, but I doubt it's true. As an Ohio native, I've met enough people from Dublin to know that they're very well prepared for "the real world," and are in fact overrepresented among the highest achievers.

[inthemix]

Originally Posted by tribecavsbrowns

It's a great-sounding line, but I doubt it's true. As an Ohio native, I've met enough people from Dublin to know that they're very well prepared for "the real world," and are in fact overrepresented among the highest achievers.

There are definitely high achieving (from an economic standpoint) folks from Dublin. I am one of them. However, I know lots of folks from high school that were brought up expecting to live like kings and to act superior than others. It may be more of a parenting issue, but there is defintely a correlation between growing up in the rich burbs and ending up afraid of diversity.

What I am saying is that not every kid is going to grow up to be a dentist and live in the suburbs and golf twice a week. For the kids that grow up and end up having to work as line cooks, servers, construction workers, roofers, etc and deal with people outside of the upper middle class mold- Dublin does not prepare well for this type of life.

Like I said, lots of good folks in Dublin. However, if you value bringing your kids up in a diverse area with a mix of people- Dublin is not the place. Sometimes a less sterile environment is a good thing.

Cheers!

[itinérant]

Originally Posted by BelieveInCleve

For each side,
Northside: Milo-Grogan and South Linden - Off Cleveland ave south of Hudson, mainly East of 71.
Eastside: Near Eastside - Mainly North of Broad st, also South of Main.
Westside: Franklinton - West of Downtown, East of 70.
Southside: Livingston ave area - East of Parsons, Especially North of Whittier.

This is the closest thing to an accurate answer.