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Wow, those booster videos of Columbus--while very cheesy--really paint the city in a good light. It looks clean with lots of walkable urban neighborhoods and some vibrant streets.
Wow, those booster videos of Columbus--while very cheesy--really paint the city in a good light. It looks clean with lots of walkable urban neighborhoods and some vibrant streets.
Those videos may seem "cheesy" to some, but they're not unlike similar media campaigns of other large cities.
The videos are quite accurate ... Columbus is a fantastic city that is continuing to evolve and prosper.
While at first, I was not a fan of Columbus ... I've grown to appreciate it very much.
Columbus is unique in the midwest ... it's one of the very few ONGOING
SUCCESS STORIES in a region that has typically seen stagnant growth and huge population losses.
Columbus just continues to grow and prosper though.
Columbus is unique in the midwest ... it's one of the very few ONGOING
SUCCESS STORIES in a region that has typically seen stagnant growth and huge population losses.
Those videos may seem "cheesy" to some, but they're not unlike similar media campaigns of other large cities.
The videos are quite accurate ... Columbus is a fantastic city that is continuing to evolve and prosper.
While at first, I was not a fan of Columbus ... I've grown to appreciate it very much.
Columbus is unique in the midwest ... it's one of the very few ONGOING
SUCCESS STORIES in a region that has typically seen stagnant growth and huge population losses.
Columbus just continues to grow and prosper though.
I agree, all booster videos are bound to be cheesy.
I ignorantly pictured Columbus as subrurban sprawl with a small-medium sized downtown. Clearly, there are several interesting districts and the city seems a lot more urban than I imagined.
Columbus is a lot more interesting and cosmopolitan feeling than Indy even though the downtown in cols could be more active the historic neighborhoods all around the city create a truly unique environment. I've never met someone who visited Columbus and wasn't impressed with what they found. The suburbs and shopping in Columbus seem more high end than Indy as well.
I agree, all booster videos are bound to be cheesy.
I ignorantly pictured Columbus as subrurban sprawl with a small-medium sized downtown. Clearly, there are several interesting districts and the city seems a lot more urban than I imagined.
It's typical for most of us to develop "pre-conceived" notions about
cities, and especially when we may have never even been there before.
I've had friends visit from places like Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta ... all very high profile cities. Each of my guests were actually "quite surprised" at just how vibrant and hip Columbus actually is. They had
to experience the city, in order to gain an entirely new perspective. It
happens with Cleveland, too ... most think of it as an urban wasteland.
Cleveland actually has enormous wealth tho, an amazing array of cultural venues, spacious suburbs & city neighborhoods ... and the same elements can be discovered in Columbus, too!
It's typical for most of us to develop "pre-conceived" notions about
cities, and especially when we may have never even been there before.
I've had friends visit from places like Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta ... all very high profile cities. Each of my guests were actually "quite surprised" at just how vibrant and hip Columbus actually is. They had
to experience the city, in order to gain an entirely new perspective. It
happens with Cleveland, too ... most think of it as an urban wasteland.
Cleveland actually has enormous wealth tho, an amazing array of cultural venues, spacious suburbs & city neighborhoods ... and the same elements can be discovered in Columbus, too!
But overall Cleveland is more urban than Columbus, right?
But overall Cleveland is more urban than Columbus, right?
Cleveland is a much, much more urban city than Columbus. Cleveland, historically has always been the most prominent city in the state, it has a very colourful and rich history.
It's a city that was once an industrial "GIANT", and it was during those golden years that the city was afforded the grand institutions that are still
in place today ...
The Cleveland Museum Of Art, Severence Hall ( Cleveland Orchestra ), University Circle, an area where a large concentration of cultural institutions are located.
There are reminders of Clevelands immense wealth and importance displayed throughout the city.
Cleveland looks the part of a major city that has very much played a significant role in shaping our country ... much like Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit and other major cities of the region.
Columbus is urban too, but not to same degree as Cleveland is. Columbus has a newer blend of "urbanity" and is becoming more and more of a "yuppified" metropolis.
I'm beginning to see more BMWS, LAND ROVERS and MERCEDES than Chevrolets ... all over Columbus, most particularly in the urban wards located nearest to the city centre.
Cleveland is much more older, historical, artsy, and more urban than Columbus is/was. Great Cleveland is full of large families, old money, Italians, Catholics, hipsters/yuppies, and liberals: in this respect Northeast Ohio is actually much more like New England than the Midwest. However, it is suffering, and that's putting it nicely.
Cincinnatti is very Southern & Republican. The city bleeds red. It's also the prettiest, by far and away.
Columbus is a midwestern city through and through. It's moderate and vibrant and economically healthy. Tons of young people, young families, college students, retirees, whites, blacks, asians, hispanics, gays, conservatives, liberals, Christians, atheists, Muslims, and the best part is, not one group is dominant which makes it a true melting pot.
I've never been to Indy, but I'd vote for Columbus since Ohio is a bit better than Indiana; more exciting (about as exciting as the Midwest gets, at least) and with better cities overall.
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