U.S. News ranks CBUS best place to find a job

[14thandYou]

Oh, and Columbus the "best place to retire"? According to whom?

I mean, come on. Columbus is fine and all, but statements like that are just ridiculous.

[other1]

Originally Posted by coach123

You painted a very accurate, and boring, picture of Columbus. I suppose if you live in Youngstown and have never been across state lines, Columbus must seem like the city of the future. Honestly, Cinci has more to offer than Columbus culturally and socially.

Rock on then, I must lead a boring life. Gary, Indiana probably has more to offer culturally and socially, but honestly, I don't want to live there. We keep throwing around "culture" and "social", can somebody define them? Apparently it is an across the board definition the is defined by one attribute that must be the criteria that all use. I don't think Columbus is the end all be all. But I don't want it to be. Columbus is a town where there is plenty to do, it just isn't going to be right outside of your door. People might have to do a little work to find it, or they sit inside complaining about it.

I just don't get the hatred, but that is for you guys to dish out, and others to defend from time to time. Once again, Columbus isn't a utopia, but if I lived in utopia, I would probably never explore. That's one thing I enjoy the most, I can afford to live here, I have a good job, I am ridiculously active, own a house that I can reno the way I want, and I can afford to travel to my hearts content to very opposite corners of the world.

[Tenzo]

Columbus may have many advantageous things; 'tolerant' people is not one of them.

[other1]

Hey Tenzo, you live here! My group of friends, the area in which I live, and those I was educated with are very open minded and tolerant. But I understand that we don't make up the majority of the population in Columbus.

[coach123]

Originally Posted by other1

Rock on then, I must lead a boring life. Gary, Indiana probably has more to offer culturally and socially, but honestly, I don't want to live there. We keep throwing around "culture" and "social", can somebody define them? Apparently it is an across the board definition the is defined by one attribute that must be the criteria that all use. I don't think Columbus is the end all be all. But I don't want it to be. Columbus is a town where there is plenty to do, it just isn't going to be right outside of your door. People might have to do a little work to find it, or they sit inside complaining about it.

I just don't get the hatred, but that is for you guys to dish out, and others to defend from time to time. Once again, Columbus isn't a utopia, but if I lived in utopia, I would probably never explore. That's one thing I enjoy the most, I can afford to live here, I have a good job, I am ridiculously active, own a house that I can reno the way I want, and I can afford to travel to my hearts content to very opposite corners of the world.

To each their own. I have nothing against your opinion. All I meant was that the picture you painted of Columbus probably will not attract a lot of people to visit our city, much less live here. Unfortunately it is an accurate picture. I also have a good job, nice house, and have traveled all over the world. In my travels there have been very few times where I was able to say that I would prefer Columbus over wherever I am at. Columbus has no tourism for a reason.

[14thandYou]

"High-Cultured" is not a term I would to describe Columbus or its residents. Does that man there aren't people that live in Columbus who value such things? Of course not. But as a whole, Columbus lags behind many cities in terms of cultural offerings. And those they do have are typically woefully underfunded--consider the Columbus Symphony for instance, which nearly went belly-up a couple of years ago and remains only a barely viable entity today.

That stuff drives me nuts. Every city Columbus's size should be able to sustain a symphony, but in Columbus that's far from a foregone conclusion.

Too many rely on the Short North/Vic Village area to highlight Columbus's supposed culture. And that is indeed a fantastic neighborhood. But it is also proportionately a very small portion of Columbus as a whole and, honestly, not particularly indicative of much of the rest of the city.

[west5548]

Originally Posted by coach123

You painted a very accurate, and boring, picture of Columbus. I suppose if you live in Youngstown and have never been across state lines, Columbus must seem like the city of the future. Honestly, Cinci has more to offer than Columbus culturally and socially.

Cincy is also much more well known then Columbus. Anytime I am outside of Ohio and say I live in Columbus, they assume some place like Columbus, GA?? You say Cincy or Cleveland then people know where that is.

I agree totally with your response, a city the size of Columbus should have much more to offer, but you have a city that revolves all it's decisions around a university. Then the students return the favor and leave for greener($$) pastures. I lived in Charlotte for 8 years before being transferred to Columbus and Charlotte is a far more cosmopolitan/dynamic city than Columbus and they are nearly the same size.

[14thandYou]

Originally Posted by west5548

Cincy is also much more well known then Columbus. Anytime I am outside of Ohio and say I live in Columbus, they assume some place like Columbus, GA?? You say Cincy or Cleveland then people know where that is.

Well, part of that is due to the fact that there are other Columbus's--Georgia, Indiana, etc. There is only one Cincinnati or Cleveland.

People who live in Portland, Oregon deal with the same thing.

[1watertiger]

14thandyou, your post #16 above is right on !

[coach123]

The point is not which city is more recognized, but which has more to offer. The fact that Columbus, OH is sometimes confused with Columbus, GA has nothing to do with the fact that Cinci has more to offer than Columbus.