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Where do you work? If you work near the airport like me and want a home that was built 2005+ can anyone suggest a better area than one of the developments in Gahanna that is in the New Albany School district but pays Columbus taxes?
Grandview, Arlington Hts, and Bexely are out as new homes are scarce and overpriced.
Dublin and New Albany are too far depending on work location
Gahanna School system not as good as Dublin or New Albany
The developments I suggested have:
Good school system - New Albany
Everything you need around Hamilton and Morse Rd area
Low crime rate
Easy communte using 270 to 670 or Hamilton to 62. Much quicker than being in Dublin
10 minute drive to Easton
10 minute drive to downtown Gahanna which is nice
Depends on where you work, but for me I have yet to hear of a better option.
wow.... I just don't understand why there are perpetual real estate agents selling New Albany here on the forum.
From lies like "New Albany is only 15 minutes to downtown" to "Best School District."
Don't buy New Albany. It's famous in the local for its distance away from everything. Famous for its REMOTE FARM like setting. Famous for Apply/Pears picking. 15 minutes driving to downtown? You must be kidding or driving 100 miles/hr without a single stop traffic.
It's expensive because the wealthy legend Wexner lives there and wanted only expensive houses in a remote quiet community.
It's not the best school district as the desparate owners would claim. NA Never has claim a top district performance index score in any year.
Avoid New Albany.
If you list all the amenities you want, maybe I can give you some perspectives where is a better choice. Like, you like Golf? Zoo and Water park? 1st class fitness center? shopping mall? parks?
If you are going to quote me, do it correctly. I said "New Albany is 15 minutes from downtown without traffic" and I stand by that. I live right off the 161 and driving the speed limit I am getting off the freeway downtown in 15 minutes. Sure, there are other areas in NA that take longer just as there are areas in Dublin that take longer than 20 minutes...but for me its 15 minutes.
I'm not a real estate agent. The only reason I stick up for New Albany is because the forum is full of haters who like to rip on it without even having much (if any) real time experience in the area.
... I live right off the 161 and driving the speed limit I am getting off the freeway downtown in 15 minutes. Sure, there are other areas in NA that take longer
Oh I see. Now the truth comes out. You are taking an extreme case here of your New Albany particular location and made it a false impression that New Albany is just 15 minutes drive to downtown columbus.
My suggestion to everyone is simple -- a picture speaks a thousans words. Pull out Google Map, type in "Columbus OH", zoom out and see various locations of the cities.
Look at how FAR new albany is from downtown Columbus. So it's quite a stretch of imagination to say New Albany needs only 15 minutes drive to downtown columbus. lol!
My good friend live in Gahanna Hamilton Rd, and it took them good 15 minutes without traffic from downtown columbus to their home.
There is a reason why New Albany is famous for farming and Apple/Pear picking. It's a REMOTE FARM location! Map prove it.
I'm going to have to disagree with you based on my visits to the area and our research on New Albany. It's 17 miles from New Albany to the heart of downtown, in a city with limited congestion. That's nothing! My wife and I did a test run to determine the rush hour issues. We left a model home in New Albany at 8am on a weekday morning and drove to my brother-in-laws office in Arena District. 20 miles exactly took us 26 minutes...at 8am. Seriously? And you call that "way out and in the middle of nowhere?" You should try a bigger city on sometime to get a different perspective. My 9 mile commute in Atlanta is a 40 minute ride.
My "extreme case" being I live in one of the bigger neighborhoods within walking distance to the schools, shopping, library, restaurants, parks, aquatic center and most everything in New Albany? My extreme case is living in the heart of New Albany??
My suggestion to everyone is simple, too. As you look on these forums you will notice that most of the positive thoughts and comments about New Albany come from people who actually live or have actually lived in New Albany. Conversely, most of the negative thoughts and comments about New Albany come from people who have never lived in New Albany and more often than not have never even spent much time in New Albany.
I've lived here three years and I have yet to see or hear anything about this world famous apple and pear picking...I feel cheated. That would be a nice thing to do on a fall afternoon.
My "extreme case" being I live in one of the bigger neighborhoods within walking distance to the schools, shopping, library, restaurants, parks, aquatic center and most everything in New Albany? My extreme case is living in the heart of New Albany??
My suggestion to everyone is simple, too. As you look on these forums you will notice that most of the positive thoughts and comments about New Albany come from people who actually live or have actually lived in New Albany. Conversely, most of the negative thoughts and comments about New Albany come from people who have never lived in New Albany and more often than not have never even spent much time in New Albany.
I've lived here three years and I have yet to see or hear anything about this world famous apple and pear picking...I feel cheated. That would be a nice thing to do on a fall afternoon.
I think the fruit picking that is being referred to are some farms east of New Albany out in Licking County (Lind's is one I can think of) that have fruit for sale and also pumpkin patches in the fall.
I'll be the first to admit that New Albany is still playing catch-up in the restaurant and shopping universe, particularly with suburbs like Grandview and Bexley that were developed almost 100 years ago, but to paint it as some farm town in the middle of nowhere is not accurate.
New Albany (and those areas with a New Albany address but technically Columbus) have grown greatly in the last 15 years. The 161/New Albany Road interchange is full of commercial development, and now the 161/US62 interchange is seeing the same type of growth. While New Albany does not have the volume of activity that Dublin does, I feel that New Albany is a more cohesive suburb. Sidewalks and walking trails link much of New Albany together, mostly south of 161, and the housing has a uniformity to it (georgian). If the OP is looking for a newer home, I'd check out New Albany in addition to Dublin.
I think the fruit picking that is being referred to are some farms east of New Albany out in Licking County (Lind's is one I can think of) that have fruit for sale and also pumpkin patches in the fall.
I'll be the first to admit that New Albany is still playing catch-up in the restaurant and shopping universe, particularly with suburbs like Grandview and Bexley that were developed almost 100 years ago, but to paint it as some farm town in the middle of nowhere is not accurate.
New Albany (and those areas with a New Albany address but technically Columbus) have grown greatly in the last 15 years. The 161/New Albany Road interchange is full of commercial development, and now the 161/US62 interchange is seeing the same type of growth. While New Albany does not have the volume of activity that Dublin does, I feel that New Albany is a more cohesive suburb. Sidewalks and walking trails link much of New Albany together, mostly south of 161, and the housing has a uniformity to it (georgian). If the OP is looking for a newer home, I'd check out New Albany in addition to Dublin.
Really really disagree with that. New Albany is far more "sprawly" in nature, and while I think they've made some efforts to reign that in somewhat, Dublin has been a major suburb longer and most of its development is a bit more planned. It has sprawl too, especially the further out from 270 you go, but just not like NA does. And simply put, Dublin just has a better growth plan overall. They've been one of the few if not the only major suburbs to recognize the changing demographic and urban trends that have come along recently. Though neither area will be as attractive as they once were to potential residents given that they are suburban in nature.
I'm moving to Columbus, Ohio. I have heard that Columbus is nice.
I've heard that the nicest area's are Dublin, Bexley and New Albany. Are these really the nicest Columbus suburbs?
What are the pro's and cons of Dublin, Bexley and New Albany?
Are there any good shopping centers, restaurants, parks, ect near by these towns?
Which one would you guys recommend?
Thank you!
If I were to live in Franklin County the only place I'd live is either UA (Upper Arlington) or Grandview.
Plenty of shopping in around both.
I personally would never live in Dublin or New Albany. It is has been my experience many people from those areas think very highly of themselves.
Where do you work? If you work near the airport like me and want a home that was built 2005+ can anyone suggest a better area than one of the developments in Gahanna that is in the New Albany School district but pays Columbus taxes?
Grandview, Arlington Hts, and Bexely are out as new homes are scarce and overpriced.
Dublin and New Albany are too far depending on work location
Gahanna School system not as good as Dublin or New Albany
The developments I suggested have:
Good school system - New Albany
Everything you need around Hamilton and Morse Rd area
Low crime rate
Easy communte using 270 to 670 or Hamilton to 62. Much quicker than being in Dublin
10 minute drive to Easton
10 minute drive to downtown Gahanna which is nice
Depends on where you work, but for me I have yet to hear of a better option.
I've lost some faith in that part of town. My friend lives slightly north of you (basically New Albany - 161 & Hamilton Rd). He had to shoot at people, when we woke up in the middle of the night (2am'ish) and found them in his living room!
I'm going to have to disagree with you based on my visits to the area and our research on New Albany. It's 17 miles from New Albany to the heart of downtown, in a city with limited congestion. That's nothing! My wife and I did a test run to determine the rush hour issues. We left a model home in New Albany at 8am on a weekday morning and drove to my brother-in-laws office in Arena District. 20 miles exactly took us 26 minutes...at 8am. Seriously? And you call that "way out and in the middle of nowhere?" You should try a bigger city on sometime to get a different perspective. My 9 mile commute in Atlanta is a 40 minute ride.
It's probably all relative. As a Columbus native, I think NA is far from Downtown and would have a long commute, but for someone coming from a city with significantly more traffic, it may not be. In Mexico City where I am now, 17 miles may as well be on the far side of the moon.
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