what do you hate about columbus (Cleveland, Springfield: real estate, HOA, how much)

[2006Buckeye]

Originally Posted by Kentuckyguy

There are too many things I could name that I didn't like about Columbus, but here are a few things:
1. The fact that every day is a cloudy day. In the 3 plus years I lived there I can't remember a lot of days that weren't cloudy.
2. OSU Football. There are no professional sports teams! While there are the Columbus Clipper's, they are only a minor league team. The Blue Jackets (a hockey team) and the Columbus Crew (a soccer) are pro teams, but who wants to watch hockey or soccer? Honestly.
3. Jobs are far and few. Basically if you didn't go to OSU it is next to impossible to find a decent to high-paying job. I even had a Bachelors Degree and had a terrible time finding a good job. I also went through two difficult times of being unemployed.
4. The downtown. Is the Columbus downtown dead or what? Aside from the restraunts off of high street near downtown there is all but maybe 5 restraunts downtown if that? Wendy's in downtown even closed. When a fast food joint can't even stay open you know there is a problem!
5. Is it flat and incredibly rurual. It is so flat everywhere and outside of Interstate 270 there is not much of anything going on.
6. People living in Columbus think they are living in a big city. I am sorry, but Columbus in not a big city! As far as population, it's up there. As far as square miles, it is quite small compared to alot of other cities in the US.

I am sure there are more things I don't like about it, but that is it for today.

I am not trying to discount your opinions, but enough people support the Blue Jackets and the Crew that the teams are still here. I don't think Ohio needs more pro football or baseball teams.

Also, my bachelor's was not from OSU and I didn't have trouble getting a job. I changed jobs after finishing grad school at OSU and the day I started my new job several people sort of groaned after finding out I went to OSU, thinking I was a fanatic. (I am, but they didn't know that at the time, and I only don my scarlet and grey blouse at work on casual Fridays.)

A friend in HR at another company has also expressed that sometimes they like to see more diversity with educational backgrounds. Sometimes they like to get people from different programs, thinking they may have slightly different perspectives or methods than every OSU MBA (which is a great program).

I think everyone downtown goes to the Nationwide cafeterias! I was surprised that Wendy's went out of business, but I prefer Subway or Nationwide anyway. I like The Elevator or Neopolitanos if I have more time. The North Market is too far for me, unfortunately. I would like to see more variety...

If you have ever been on Wall Street on a weekend, it's not exactly the most happening place. The financial districts of most cities are pretty dead on the weekend. D.C. can be like a ghost town outside the tourist areas. Like in all other cities, people go home to their neighborhoods. The Arena District, Short North and German Village are the places to be after hours.

[2006Buckeye]

Originally Posted by jajosh07

the last time that happened was a lest three or four years ago... and most of the college students that do that.. which is who they are... may not even be from Columbus

I think you're right! I remember reading an article about the people who were arrested, and they were not affiliated with OSU or Columbus. I am thinking it was back in 2003 or 2004?

[Weedydidi]

Originally Posted by Kentuckyguy

There are too many things I could name that I didn't like about Columbus, but here are a few things:
1. The fact that every day is a cloudy day. In the 3 plus years I lived there I can't remember a lot of days that weren't cloudy.

Boy! Ain't it the truth!!

[CrissCT]

Originally Posted by scottie

Haha suburban sprawl and cookie cutter neighborhoods? Columbus doesnt have those that bad at all. Go to LA and Phoenix and then tell me if Columbus has suburban sprawl.

I'm not saying other cities don't have sprawl too, but it is one thing about Columbus that I didn't like. It would have been nice if the suburbs like Dublin and Hilliard could have been better planned and the infrastructure laid out before the mass building of homes and subdivisions. I actually live in San Diego now in a planned community and yes our houses are pretty cookie cutter but the roads, schools, and retail areas were well laid out ahead of the building (and heck its sunny and 75 degrees today so who cares if my house is cookie cutter?).

[jajosh07]

i will definitely agree with you on Hilliard's lack of planning but IMO Dublin has be excellently laid out... the biggest problem in these areas is when Columbus annexes an area right on the border of the city and then turns it into some huge sprawling development that weeks before was a cornfield.. has anyone seen the new development at Hayden Run and Cosgray?? Case and Point!

[xnyer]

Columbus?, you've got to be kidding! I moved here in 1998 when the job market was robust, and I am still doing okay, BUT I had to move 30+ miles west to Springfield to find an affordable house not in a ghetto. The fast growing suburbs of Cbus can be summed up as overpriced waferboard mcmansions on postage stamp lots with traffic choked streets all leading to lookalike shopping malls that overweight soccer moms spend too much time in. The city lacks character or personality and is a boring, flat midwestern cowtown. Traffic is horrendous, I-270 is more often a parking lot than a usuable beltway, and as a distribution hub, the area is nothing more than an overgrown, overcrowded truckstop. Having a 4 season climate, winter is cold, gray and depressing, spring offers little hope, summer is far too hot and fall lacks color. The area offers no world class attractions for a city this size, what is available culturally is no more than what one could find in any area one-tenth this size. Public discourse is limited to endless chatter about the Buckeyes (are there any PhD's on faculty, or only coaches?). BORING!!

[jajosh07]

then leave

[CrissCT]

Originally Posted by xnyer

Columbus?, you've got to be kidding! I moved here in 1998 when the job market was robust, and I am still doing okay, BUT I had to move 30+ miles west to Springfield to find an affordable house not in a ghetto. The fast growing suburbs of Cbus can be summed up as overpriced waferboard mcmansions on postage stamp lots with traffic choked streets all leading to lookalike shopping malls that overweight soccer moms spend too much time in. The city lacks character or personality and is a boring, flat midwestern cowtown. Traffic is horrendous, I-270 is more often a parking lot than a usuable beltway, and as a distribution hub, the area is nothing more than an overgrown, overcrowded truckstop. Having a 4 season climate, winter is cold, gray and depressing, spring offers little hope, summer is far too hot and fall lacks color. The area offers no world class attractions for a city this size, what is available culturally is no more than what one could find in any area one-tenth this size. Public discourse is limited to endless chatter about the Buckeyes (are there any PhD's on faculty, or only coaches?). BORING!!

Housing costs in Columbus are one of the most affordable in the US. That is actually something great about Columbus.

[Traveler87]

Originally Posted by Kentuckyguy

In case you didn't notice this forum is asking what you don't like about Columbus and people are just responding to the question. Therefore, people that don't partically like Columbus for one reason or the other will most likely reside here. We did not, "take over" this forum, this forum is meant for us!

Don't start argueing with me. I stated sorry you didn't like it here, but I will point you out when you are wrong. Columbus has so much more than OSU to offer.

[Traveler87]

BTW, because of how great Columbus is growing. I have already been offered 3 job oppurtunities in Columbus for Columbus based companies. I am going to school to be an urban planner. Urban Planners need to be in growing areas where demand needs to be meant. Columbus offers that for me.