half way b/t c-bus and w. chester (Columbus, Dayton: apartments, lease)

[salukigirl]

hi, im from dayton, my boyfriend is from cincinnati. we are both attending southern illinois university and graduating (who knows when lol). well im applying to OSU vet school but hate columbus. Both of our parents live on the south side of dayton (mine in centerville, his in west chester) so we wanted to live in a town kinda middle of the road.

I have only ever been to Jeffersonville for the mall (midnight on thanksgiving - never doing that again!). and it looked pretty.....well.....hick-ish. i know its tiny but its not too far from xenia. Im used to bigger cities - not huge though. dayton size is ok. do you think we would be bored living in jeffersonville? i just really really hate columbus lol and my boyfriend doesnt want to live their either. any other good cities you can think of that are kinda middle ground of dayton and c-bus?

new carlisle is too crappy also. my dad lives there - i dont think i could stand it. as well as huber heights or fairborn. well i like smaller towns but not so small that all there is to do is sit outside and watch the grass grow. ive just always been a south daytoner so i dont really know the good towns up north.

thanks in advance.

[mapcat]

I'd love to know what your problem is with C-bus.

If you're looking for something that's in commuting distance to both Dayton and OSU, and you don't want to be in a really small town, you're really out of luck. There's Springfield, but, meh. Centerville & West Chester exist where they do because they're near upper-middle-class jobs and a large population that needs the amenities they provide.

Worst case scenario, you could get an apt in C-bus and he gets one someplace you like, and you stay in C-bus only during the week.

[wrightflyer]

You might want to try Yellow Springs. It's a small town, but it's more interesting in part because of its liberal nature. The times to Columbus would still be an hour+, but US 68 goes right onto I-70. That's the only decent place I can think of that would put you somewhat close to Columbus with some flavor. Also, the mall in Beavercreek is only 25 minutes but seperated by corn fields as to not be too close. Again, there's always Beavercreek (my neighbor treks to Columbus a few days a week but I personally wouldn't do it), Xenia, Jamestown, and Jeffersonville. All of these are far and boring in some degree (suburb or farm town). I also believe an apartment in Columbus wouldn't be a bad deal if only for a few years.

[salukigirl]

yeah i like beavercreek. my boyfriend actually graduated from OSU and is getting his seconds bachelors here at SIU so I spent some time in columbus and just dont like it. i have done my share of partying and just could not handle all the college atmosphere. thats why we live on the outskirts of town here because i would want to scream at people having keggers every night.

i like yellow springs also, my cousin lives in yellow springs. vet schools is no less than 4 years plus an internship and residencies i would be there about 6 years. i have heard that gahanna is pretty nice but have never been there. i guess were just too prissy when it comes to living situations. he didnt care about the ghettos of columbus when he went there but he was like 19 so of course he didnt. he doesnt want to deal with it anymore either. just sucks that metropolitan areas are so industrialized and packed full of people but there is nothing in between. it will also depend on funds when we get there. if we have good jobs it wouldnt be a big deal to drive 45 minutes to school as i used to do it when i lived in middletown and went to school at sinclair.

is 70 pretty much still under construction?

[streetcreed]

I spent some time in columbus and just dont like it. i have done my share of partying and just could not handle all the college atmosphere. thats why we live on the outskirts of town here because i would want to scream at people having keggers every night.

Not all of Columbus is Ohio State. Maybe you should look at some of the actual neighborhoods in the city. Columbus has many nice urban, trendy neighborhoods. Too often people just see one section of Columbus and forget its a big city. I often hear, "I live in a suburb of Columbus or around the outerbelt and it was all so homogenous and the same." Well thats just what some of the city is like, just like some has lots of college students, some is suburban and car oriented, and some is urban and more "city" like.

just sucks that metropolitan areas are so industrialized

Columbus has very little industry and is very "white collar." There is some light industry.

And you said your boyfriend didn't like ghettos. Of course Columbus has some bad areas, but Columbus is one of the most gentrified inner cities in the midwest
Maybe you should come and actually see areas like Clintonville (north of OSU), the Short North, downtown, and German Village/Merion Village (south of downtown.) They are anything but ghetto, they are nice and still in the city.

Also, Bexley and Grandview (grandview being better for a young couple) are great and near OSU and downtown. I just think that you are generalizing that the way the areas around Ohio State are, is the same as the entire city. A lot students attend OSU and never leave the areas around the campus, they really don't know Columbus and all of the cities adult culture and more mature areas. The university district is not the entire city.

The university district that you visited, and "partied" in makes up about 3 percent of the cities size (at most)

[mapcat]

Originally Posted by salukigirl

yeah i like beavercreek.

My brother lives in Beavercreek, so if you're looking for something like that, Columbus is surrounded almost entirely by suburbs that look and feel like Beavercreek. Check out Hilliard, Gahanna, Pickerington, and the northern part of Westerville for examples.

Originally Posted by salukigirl

... I spent some time in columbus and just dont like it. i have done my share of partying and just could not handle all the college atmosphere. thats why we live on the outskirts of town here because i would want to scream at people having keggers every night.

As has already been said, C-bus has a lot of "outskirts" too, where keggers are refreshingly absent. They're absent pretty much everywhere except for the blocks surrounding OSU.

Originally Posted by salukigirl

... just sucks that metropolitan areas are so industrialized and packed full of people but there is nothing in between.

You really need to explore cities more if you think that they're entirely made up of factories and people crammed into ghettos, surrounded by nothing but corn fields...

Originally Posted by salukigirl

is 70 pretty much still under construction?

Not right now. They're done with the construction between London (exit 79) and S. Vienna (exit 66). They haven't 6-laned everything between Dayton and C-bus yet, so they might start on another stretch of it next summer.

[mapcat]

One other option you might want to consider is Washington Courthouse. It's a decent-sized (15k or so) small town not far from I-71, so if you're willing to drive, it wouldn't be too hard to get to Columbus. Plus, it's on US 35, so Dayton is an easy drive too.

I haven't been there in years, but I remember it had a nice downtown and some cool old homes. I'm not sure how attractive it would be to a young couple, though.

[salukigirl]

i have been to washington courthouse and its okay. but yeah its not much for a 20-something couple. it would be a nice place to settle down but i still have about 6 years of school left til im totally done. i have been looking at cities around c-bus and gahanna is very expensive. i have found a few apartments there and theyre out of our league.

some stuff has come up recently and it looks like were moving back to cinci next july once our lease is up. since we wont be 6 hours away it will be much easier to take a drive up to the columbus area and take a look around. and we did go to the outskirts and they did look just like the city. i think you guys are taking my statements to the ultimate level of being literal. i know the suburbs are going to be different. i grew up in centerville which is 10 minutes from dayton but totally different. i wasnt trying to **** anyone off, just asking for recommendations.

beavercreek is probably the closest example of a city that we would like to live in. but im a native daytonian so im more familiar with the dayton and cincinnati. jeffersonville would be perfectly centered and is almost equal distance from everywhere we need but its just so baren. we cant live in a city with less than 2,000 people.

but if we look at suburbs north of cbus then were even further away from our family. we would like southern cbus but those are the parts of the city that we dont particularly like.

im transferring back to miami and were probably getting a place in fairfield so when we move back well probably go driving. thanks for your suggestions though, well check some of those places out that you guys mentioned.

[wrightflyer]

One southwest suburb of Columbus that reminds me of Beavercreek is Grove City. That place is probably worth looking into while on your drives.