looking for small town in OH to make home (Columbus: homes, good schools)

[angellewis]

My husband, father in law and I are looking for a small country cozy like area to rent. We are looking somewhere in Harrison county before Tappan lake and probably before Cadiz Ohio. Can anyone point out a great place.

[MRBEESFLOWERS]

Looking For A Small Town Nearby Lima Ohio

[mapcat]

Originally Posted by MRBEESFLOWERS

Looking For A Small Town Nearby Lima Ohio

Can you be more specific? What kind of a small town? What do you want to be able to do there?

[kwolf1964]

I grew up in Tiffin until I was 10. I am 43 now and my family are moving back in the spring (thank goodness for teleworking ability). We are going to start looking for a place to rent after the first of the year and look to move back after school is out here in Westerville. We intend to buy a house as soon as we get settled and are better able to start looking (hard to look when living 90 minutes away).

What I always liked about Tiffin is that for the most part, timne has stood still. Jolly's is still running and the Shake Shack on N. Washington is still around. I was shocked to xee McCarton's carryout still in business, as with a number of other places. Tiffin may have had some problems in recent years, but name a city that hasn't had some sort of crime or drugs - especially with two 4-year colleges.

The bottom line is that in Tiffin - as opposed to the Columbus area - my 10 year-old can actually know what it's like to be a kid instead of being essentially a prisoner due to the high crime rate. Also, a lot of my family (aunts, uncles and cousins) are still there, which makes the move a lot less stressful.

[angellewis]

I was wondering if anyone is familiar with Knoxville Ohio in Jefferson County area? We found a home for rent really reasonable. Wrap around porch, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and acrage yard.

[GiosMom]

Just in case anyone mentioned it as a good place to move to, I thought I would throw in my two cents. Do NOT move to Grove City, Ohio. The newer houses here are selling for way more than they are worth, and the taxes are too high for what you get. It used to have a lot of small town charm, but now the city officials are trying to make it the next Dublin or Upper Arlington with all the malls and shopping centers. Most of the farm land is now gone, taken over by Wal-Mart and condo's galore. Don't even get me started on the joke of a school district that Southwestern City Schools has become either. The teenage pregnancy rate is very high (seeing as how about 25-30% of my graduating class in 2000 either had children, were pregnant, or had multiple abortions by the time we graduated). Marysville is beginning to spread its wings and grow, trying to compete with near by Dublin (which isn't too bad if you don't mind snobs). Personally, I love Ashville, Ohio. I lived there until I was 3, and still go back every year for the 4th of July parade and it's just outside of Circleville (another nice small community), which has an annual pumpkin show.

[Suncatchin]

i bet you would like Marietta, ohio. beautiful small town on the ohio river. first city in ohio. very historic old town.

[ptsum]

I moved to a small county here in Ohio from Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC, basically to get away from all the noise and the congestion in the Washington metropolitan area, the county is Noble County, I realize it is the smallest of the 88 counties in Ohio and it is a very rural area, Noble County has a population of a little over 14,000 people, I live just outside of Caldwell with a population of less than 2000, Caldwell is the county seat and it reminds me of Mayberry, the old Andy Griffith show, it is located about 30 miles north of Marietta and about 20 miles south of Cambridge on Interstate 77, nice little place to be, quiet, laid-back, friendly people and just generally a nice place to live.

[jherrer]

Bowling Green is a great town, BUT it is around 35-40K people. Bad thing about them is if you have a family it might be a bit wild because Bowling Green is the Home of Bowling Green State University so the town is packed with students and partying. Other than that its a great place - but if you're looking for the small town feel check out pemberville or perrysburg.

[sdust1]

lakeview ohio indian lake region wonderful place would not trade it for anything