Columbus or Cincinnati for singles? (Athens, Louisville: home, college, diversity)

[Vortex99]

I'm not sure if this has been asked, but between both cities - which one would be better to meet people in? Considering the fact I'm 20 years old, I went to a two year tech college and recently finished, so I'm basically starting my adult life now. Which city offers better chance to meet people and build a relationship around? Also, i'm not into the bars or clubbing scene either, so that's something to consider.

[FarewellLA]

In your 20s, probably both cities - however, since OSU is located in Columbus, I'm sure there are far more available singles living there. However, I don't live in Ohio, this is just my best guess...the locals can probably contribute based on more first hand knowledge.

[the_pines]

Columbus probably. Cincinnati is having a rough time as always. But Cincy has Xavier and UC. Put both of them together and there are more college kids in Cincinnati. Xavier is expanding rapidly and improving on its academics as well. UC has always been a good school. But Cincy is in decline where as Columbus is growing. Plus there is no excuse for how poorly Cincinnati has done the last fifty years. It should be a much larger and well off city with much more diversity than it has.

[Pathwalker]

Listen, Vortex - what exactly is it that you're looking for? I mean, I've told you already that you can meet people ANYWHERE. It just depends on what your interests are and your personality, and how you combine those two aspects. I'm sorry, my friend, but I really think you're obsessing about this way too much. Columbus and Cincinnati are large enough cities that you could meet people in either one. Honestly, the Cincinnati metro area has a larger population than the Columbus metro, and there are a lot of young single people in this area. Since you say you aren't interested in the bar and club scene, and want a more conservative area, then Columbus holds no advantage over Cincinnati. Regardless, no matter where you go - Austin, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisville, Lexington, Charleston, Athens - it's all a matter of applying yourself and CHOOSING to make friends. If you really want to meet people, you can do it pretty much anywhere there's a large population.

I really don't think you're ready to make a move to any other city yet - wherever it might be. It's probably not my place to say something like that, but you are really having a lot of problems nailing this down. You have SERIOUSLY got to make a list of pros and cons of each area, and then figure out which ones are the most important to you. I mean, if you move to one or the other city and end up making tons of friends and find a girlfriend, THEN what? Are you going to be happy with all the other things about that city?

Think about that, okay?

[streetcreed]

Columbus is often looked at as being great for singles, Columbus has one of the youngest populations of any major city in the US (something like 31 yrs. old) And this is NOT counting college students, just perm. residents.

Columbus is more liberal than Cinci, and has a bigger club and bar scene, which often help to rank it higher with young singles. However, since these areas are not important to you, you may find that if your very conservative and want to maybe attend chuch, live in a suburb, stay at home, Cincinnati would be fine.