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Thank You! You all have been so helpful! I was looking at College Park Apartments in Bexley area. Does anyone have any reviews on these apartments or the area? Thanks again!
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College Park are good apartments. They are actually in the Columbus neighborhood of Berwick and are just South of Bexley.
I recommend it if you want a new build that is close enough to downtown and you are close to the Bexley retail strip with lots of restaurants and a independent movie theater the Drexel.
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We found an apartment that we liked in Groveport. Does anyone have any information on the area? We will be heading out that way in June to look at apartments.
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Grove Port is not a bad area but it is a little further out than most would want to be if they are going to grad school at OSU.
I think you will like Columbus and be surprised, like most, at all that the city has to offer. Columbus has many great neighborhoods very close to OSU and downtown. One issue that our city does not have is nice, urban neighborhoods. Columbus is well one of the most gentrified large cities in the midwest.
Second, we have many great inner ring suburbs (such as Bexley or Grandview) that would be closer to osu. Specifically, Grandview. Third, if schools are not a priority there is really no reason to have to move to Groveport unless you want a more rural/suburban area. And if you were to choose a rural/suburban area Grove Port might lean a little to on the rural side for most tastes.
All of the options that I will suggest are a "little away from campus." None of these neighborhoods are student driven and I believe a misconception is out there that Columbus' central city is all OSU that is only true for the university district neighborhood. Grove Port would just be a little too far away from campus or the city in the opinion of many.
If you want to be decently close to OSU/downtown and have a safe yet more urban and more established neighborhood then I would look into:
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Clintonville, Columbus neighborhood with great retail strip and a great community. Literally just north of OSU. (few new build apartments but many nice older renovated ones and homes)
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Grandview, a suburb just SW of OSU. Most of the rentals, in the grandview area, are actually in the Columbus City Limits and are renovated townhomes and brick apartment buildings. There are some newer condos for rent here as well. Although this section of Columbus is technically known as "5th by NorthWest" most of the rentals would be lisited as "grandview or Grandview Heights."
3) If you want to be in a more livelier area with say art, cafes, and restaurants while having a quaint Victorian community to call home I would check out the rentals in the
Victorian Village neighborhood of the
Short North The Short North is just south of OSU and north of downtown.
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Italian Village, just south of OSU, has many high end rental complexes such as lofts for rent in the Jeffrey Building. If they are out of your price range there are more affordable ones around.
All of the above neighborhoods have a good mix of older and newer rentals. You can find cheap rentals without AC, very renovated more expensive ones, and brand new build apartment complexes (some with pools and other items.) There is a good mix but it is a must to check out a rental in person, especially if you are not settling on a complex, which is often the case around the central city/OSU area.
4) If these more established neighborhoods are not your thing you have many options in the "
NW section of Columbus. There are a ton of apartments/condos off of Bethel Rd, Olentangy Rd., and Henderson Rd. This area is just NW of the city. The area has more of as suburban feel but has lots of retail/restaurants/stores on its main rds (listed above) with many apartments off of its main retail strips. The apartments house a lot of grad students and are a very short drive to OSU.
I think these neighborhoods would steer you more in the general direction that most grad students or younger couples would look into. Grove Port is not usually on the list, unless you want something a little less urban and more exurban.
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