Moving to Lima Ohio / Question (Columbus, Dayton: apartment, university, diverse)

[Baltimore1985]

In August I be moving to Lima Ohio. To attend University Of NorthWestern Ohio.

I am trying to find out about Gay community, or gay life and clubs in Lima Ohio. An how friendly Lima is to open gay people. An the type of things they have there. An how big is the Gay community in Lima

[butterflysoul]

I dont live in Lima, but have been several times. From what I remember its a somewhat run down town ( as many are in Ohio )........many dive bars and nothing in the area of culture, arts ect,.... its more in the nature of a farm type community. I have no idea about the gay community...but I would assume it wouldnt be much. I would imagine you would be happier in Columbus as its quite progressive, with a nice art/cultural scene and more diverse population.
Good luck

[Ashley111]

I am not gay so I am definetly not an expert but I do know there is one bar called Somewhere in Time. I went there for a few shows but it is pretty small and not all that exciting. Most of my gay friends go to Dayton or Columbus to go out. I'm younger so a lot of my friends are very accepting of people being gay but I would worry a little about the older people in the community. Obviously everyone is different and I don't want group everyone as young=accepting and old= not. I personally can't wait to get out of Lima and I would encourage you to check Columbus out.

[Flatfoot46]

Ohio Northern University in Ada Ohio is around 20 miles from Lima, and there are some gay's going to colledge here, I live amongst college students in a apartment comples in Ada. What race are you? I am not gay, but I am open minded about gays. Lima, is not a friendly town toward openly gay people, as I have lived around Lima all my life. I am a retired corrections officer for the state of Ohio and have been around a lot of gays in my profession, I always treated them like other people. You can contact me at twit46@roadrunner.com if you have any more questions!