Will Ohioans ever populate southern Ohio? (Columbus, Cleveland: house, unemployed, median income)

[ohioan_17]

Originally Posted by streetcreed

The pines may I add i saw your homophobic post that you wrote to a openly gay family that was looking to move into Columbus.
You said that in Ohio gays are not welcome.

I would suggest that you do not move into Columbus
In the time since you have left Ohio, cities like Columbus have move forward.
Please stay in Florida.
Columbus urban neigborhoods are now gentrified by young couples, gays, straights, everyone of different walks of life and we live and coexist together.

Your thoughts are not of the Ohio that we are trying to form but of a hickland, a slice of West Virigina.

Columbus has changed much since you have been here, the urban city is seeing a large amount of growth and urban neighborhood are beautiful with amazing buildings, houses, and stores, and restaurants. Just a few decades ago these neighborhoods and districts were not gentrified, except German Village.

Your regressive trends are not what makes a city like Columbus the place it is today. The neighborhoods have become gentrified and the urban infill occuring is great. If you are person who is racist or have ignorant views towards others than yourself I would suggest that you are right and you do not look into living in Columbus.


Columbus has laws protecting employement rights for all gays, if your gay you cannot be fired becasue of it, it has been added to the civil rights code.

All major Ohio cities have followed suit as well.

Nobody cares. We get it, you love Columbus, but that is completely off subject.

[cincyUK]

These posts are a testament to how little the rest of Ohio knows about the land along the river. Like it or not (I don't), we're part of this state too, so don't knock us just because our ways are different. This is (there is no dispute) the most beautiful area of the state physically, and believe it or not, some people actually like to live down here. Oh and, just because you've visited it "once or twice", please don't consider yourself an expert on this hilly country... A country boy can survive.

[steveauston]

South east Ohio is run by the good old buddy system. The city councils are either corrupt or just plain stupid. The small towns like Gallipolis, Pomeroy, Middleport and others are in a strangle hold of the wealthy who got their economic blessings from their grandparents not their own work and will not change anything as long as they stay on top. More millionaires reside in Gallia County then any other place in Ohio. When they are gone perhaps the next generation will be less greedy. The economic future is bleak. To Bad because its really a wonderful place to live and housing costs are the lowest to be found anywhere except the desert waste lands. The work at home folks should consider this location. The area is the most beautiful along the vast Ohio river especially in the summer.

[firefightermom]

[quote=OhioT;392236]and Dayton IS a suburb of cincy...at least its almost seamless between the 2..

That's hilarious! I lived in Dayton for 18 years, and go back every year to visit family...and not once have I heard anyone call Dayton a suburb of Cincy!

[bearboys]

About southern ohio,I was born and raised there, have moved away 33 years ago. Lived 25 years in N.Jersey (southern) and could never move back to any part of Ohio. My husband went to Clevend on a job and said that it looks like a burned out war zone. We now live on a lake in Va. where most of the residents are from N.York and N.Jersey. Yes people have confused my accent with a Pittsburg accent.There are no jobs in southern ohio and I have outgrown the people there. Yes, that seems to be all thay are able to do is build new schools. Will Ohio ever change for the better. I attended grade school with Teddy Strickland-will he be able to help ohio or is Ohio beond help?

[Alaskapat528]

Originally Posted by Cosmic

Some parts of southern Ohio has some problems in ever getting much development.

Many of the towns, counties, etc have no economic development type programs and may actually act in predatory type fashion against a new business or new folks wanting to develop an area.

Plus a new business may have problems getting the type employees they want. Some of them locals are not the most desirable. Some parts of SE Ohio act a bit like some places I've seen in the South. Many might have locals who think and act like they are King of the Hill. Too much of a one way attitude. Like a new business might want power, water, sewer and some sort of tax break. Many places are not just geared to that type of thinking. Jake would need a job and he would demand cousin Louie be hired, etc.

The State of Ohio also is not a barn burner in attracting new business to many parts of the state. Lots of blame to go around.

I'm a Native Ohioan so I am certainly not bashing Ohio here. However, due to family obligations we were in S.E. Ohio (Carroll County) - (Carrollton / Bowerston) for a few months. I can tell you it is an area I would never return to other then visit a family member. Talk about unfriendly ignorant people...and the crime/drugs for small communities is something else! One of those as you said, you gotta hire cousin louie who is basically an idiot to begin with and can't do the job but he gets hired anyway and if you haven't lived there for years you get stared at as if you had 2 heads. So in reality S. Ohio sounds just like the S.E. part. Ohio like all places has some really beautiful areas but the rural areas where we were are areas to stay far away from.

[Cincy-Rise]

You stay classy City-Data ...

[WeSoHood]

Originally Posted by OhioT

I wouldnt live anywhere NEAR cleveland...too many people for my taste..and WAY too much snow...(my wife is from AUROra and tells horror stories about 8-10in overnight everynight for weeks!!)..

I've never heard of stories about that much snow. It never snows 8in plus for weeks straight on the westside. We might get a few days of constant snow, but it's no where near endless. I know the east side is worse though.

[WeSoHood]

Originally Posted by Alaskapat528

I'm a Native Ohioan so I am certainly not bashing Ohio here. However, due to family obligations we were in S.E. Ohio (Carroll County) - (Carrollton / Bowerston) for a few months. I can tell you it is an area I would never return to other then visit a family member. Talk about unfriendly ignorant people...and the crime/drugs for small communities is something else! One of those as you said, you gotta hire cousin louie who is basically an idiot to begin with and can't do the job but he gets hired anyway and if you haven't lived there for years you get stared at as if you had 2 heads. So in reality S. Ohio sounds just like the S.E. part. Ohio like all places has some really beautiful areas but the rural areas where we were are areas to stay far away from.

I'm trying to think of some rural areas closest to me in Cleveland.. There aren't any close by, but maybe out in Lorain? Like Oberlin or Columbia Station? Certainly not scary communities at all. South East Ohio has problems not like much the rest of the state (in terms of drug types/use and extreme poverty). There are some amazing areas in the south though. The state parks are phenomenal.

[Alaskapat528]

Originally Posted by WeSoHood

I'm trying to think of some rural areas closest to me in Cleveland.. There aren't any close by, but maybe out in Lorain? Like Oberlin or Columbia Station? Certainly not scary communities at all. South East Ohio has problems not like much the rest of the state (in terms of drug types/use and extreme poverty). There are some amazing areas in the south though. The state parks are phenomenal.

I was born/raised in Cleveland. There really aren't any real rural areas right outside of Cleveland. I do know that Oberlin and Columbia Station do have some rural areas. The drug/crime problems in the part of S.E. Ohio I spoke of were extreme compared to the size of the communities; where we were was "very" rural. I do agree with you that there are amazing areas in the southern area, as well as other areas. Ohio has some absolutely beautiful areas as all States do.