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Old 04-20-2014, 07:00 PM
 
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Is Columbus a scary place to live? I am reading all these threads and it seems frightening!! I live in a cleveland suburb and it is a great place. Nice people, clean city, and great parks!! I got a job in Columbus but my husband is in IT so i hope and pray he will find something. I hope the tech market is much better than cleveland.
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Old 04-20-2014, 07:06 PM
 
Location: Columbus, OH
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Is Columbus a scary place to live? I am reading all these threads and it seems frightening!! I live in a cleveland suburb and it is a great place. Nice people, clean city, and great parks!! I got a job in Columbus but my husband is in IT so i hope and pray he will find something. I hope the tech market is much better than cleveland.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Columbus typically has the lowest crime rates of the 3 big Ohio cities. I grew up in Cincinnati, have lived in Columbus for 5 years, and have visited Cleveland... I don't see any of them as being particularly scary. I feel safer in Columbus than I do in Cincinnati or Cleveland, but I will admit some of that may be bias or perception.

Columbus has tons of Cleveland transplants and offers most of what Cleveland does in terms of dining, nightlife, culture, arts, etc. The metro area of Columbus is definitely a little smaller, but I don't think you'll have much culture shock at all. You should be able to find something similar to the suburb you live in now. Columbus has just as nice of suburbs as anywhere in Ohio, in my opinion.
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Old 04-20-2014, 08:14 PM
 
Location: Powell, Oh
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Columbus is very safe! I don't feel uneasy at all
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Old 04-20-2014, 08:59 PM
 
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Not particularly, no. Never been frightened any more here than in any other city.
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Old 04-21-2014, 06:21 AM
 
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Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Columbus typically has the lowest crime rates of the 3 big Ohio cities. I grew up in Cincinnati, have lived in Columbus for 5 years, and have visited Cleveland... I don't see any of them as being particularly scary. I feel safer in Columbus than I do in Cincinnati or Cleveland, but I will admit some of that may be bias or perception.

Columbus has tons of Cleveland transplants and offers most of what Cleveland does in terms of dining, nightlife, culture, arts, etc. The metro area of Columbus is definitely a little smaller, but I don't think you'll have much culture shock at all. You should be able to find something similar to the suburb you live in now. Columbus has just as nice of suburbs as anywhere in Ohio, in my opinion.
You are correct about the crime rate. Actually, Columbus has a lower violent crime than almost all of Ohio's major cities. But if we are talking about the suburbs, they're pretty much all the same everywhere.
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Old 04-21-2014, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Shaker Heights, OH
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I feel safer in Columbus' sketchiest neighborhoods than I do in some of the bad neighborhoods of Clevelandy or Cincy.
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Old 04-21-2014, 03:00 PM
 
Location: The New England part of Ohio
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I feel safer in Columbus' sketchiest neighborhoods than I do in some of the bad neighborhoods of Clevelandy or Cincy.

I've only been to Columbus twice since moving to Ohio. It seems extremely safe. Once we were visiting Capital University. That area was beautiful, walkable and upscale.

Another time we visited down town. Also clean and nonthreatening.

If there's a bad part of Columbus, I'd be willing to bet that it's better than the mediocre parts of most mid sized cities.
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Old 04-21-2014, 03:10 PM
 
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A city that has 90-100 killings a year. How is that safe?
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Old 04-21-2014, 03:11 PM
 
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I've only been to Columbus twice since moving to Ohio. It seems extremely safe. Once we were visiting Capital University. That area was beautiful, walkable and upscale.

Another time we visited down town. Also clean and nonthreatening.

If there's a bad part of Columbus, I'd be willing to bet that it's better than the mediocre parts of most mid sized cities.
Bet me.
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Old 04-21-2014, 05:11 PM
 
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A city that has 90-100 killings a year. How is that safe?
When that # is not growing and is divided into more people every year. "Safe" is relative. Crime has been dropping for some time, despite growing population. And the violent crime rate, which includes murder, is already lower than it is in the 3Cs... By quite a bit.
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