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Old 01-27-2009, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Columbia, SC
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Agreed - Greenville/Spartanburg is really growing. Its basically on I85 - about halfway between the northern surburbs of ATL and CLT. Clemson University is not far either. I26 east will take you about 2 hours to Charleston (coast) or about an hour west to Asheville NC (mountains).
I-26 east will not get you to Charleston in 2 hours from Greenville-Spartanburg unless you are willing to go 100 MPH the entire way and pick up a few tickets as it is 200 miles from Charleston. It's more like 3 1/2 hours to the beach from there being you have to travel through Columbia & North Charleston/Summerville areas which can become quite congested especially during rush hours.
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Old 01-28-2009, 08:44 PM
 
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That is exactly what is wrong with your post. Columbus is not just a college town but a real city with a college town in it.

Try seeing a comparable symphony, live music, opera, or ballet performance in any of the college towns you listied. Columbus has all of that with the biggest University in the country in it.

And of course we have gentrified neighborhoods around our downtown all the way up to Ohio State. You cannot compare a small place like Lansing michigan or Ann Arbor to the entire city of columbus (with nearly 2 million in our metro.)
Well if that is the case, then Columbus needs to stop having every decision made revolve around OSU, the place isn't that great.
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Old 01-29-2009, 04:12 AM
 
Location: Augusta, GA
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Congratulations on the move! I wish you the best of luck too. What area of Columbus are you looking at?



I like the East Side. We are now here all moved in. It's good to be back home. I'm getting Winter with a force!!! I haven't seen this much snow/cold in almost 11 years! I still hate Winter but I love being back home.
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Old 01-29-2009, 08:55 AM
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The biggest difference between the two cities can be seen today:

Columbus 26 and snow

Charlotte 55 and sunny
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Old 01-31-2009, 10:56 PM
 
Location: Cleveland Suburbs
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I like the East Side. We are now here all moved in. It's good to be back home. I'm getting Winter with a force!!! I haven't seen this much snow/cold in almost 11 years! I still hate Winter but I love being back home.

I hear you! But when spring rolls around, everything is in bloom and turning green and the air smells fresh, its all worth it. Theres nothing like the change of seasons.
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Old 02-03-2009, 09:07 AM
 
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Well, I will say that Easton Town Center would be BELOVED in Charlotte - all those chain stores and it's so shiny and new.

SOuthpark Mall dominates Easton Town Center
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Old 02-03-2009, 10:17 AM
 
Location: Windsor, Vero Beach, FL
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I-26 east will not get you to Charleston in 2 hours from Greenville-Spartanburg unless you are willing to go 100 MPH the entire way and pick up a few tickets as it is 200 miles from Charleston. It's more like 3 1/2 hours to the beach from there being you have to travel through Columbia & North Charleston/Summerville areas which can become quite congested especially during rush hours.
You are so right. I was amazed the last time I traveled on 26, just as you pass over 95, how nasty the traffic is to get to CHAS. Still the drive is not that bad. I admit, I have a bit of a lead foot when headed to the lowcountry.
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Old 02-03-2009, 10:22 AM
 
Location: Windsor, Vero Beach, FL
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SOuthpark Mall dominates Easton Town Center
Southpark MALL - NO. Easton Town Center trumps the MALL handsdown. The Southpark area (shopping, business and residential) as a whole is wonderful though.
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Old 02-03-2009, 08:14 PM
 
Location: livin' the good life on America's favorite island
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SOuthpark Mall dominates Easton Town Center
It is hard to debate the two shopping areas, I personally think the shopping is more diverse, more upscale and more expansive at Southpark and the Mall is one of the best in the country. Easton is similar to Legacy in CLE and Birkdale in north part of Charlotte.
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Old 02-03-2009, 08:52 PM
 
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Charlotte has a beautifully uniform looking downtown with a mix of semi-old, but mostly new, architecture and the area they call 4th Ward (pre-stadium) was similar in feel to what the Short North was before the Arena District. That was quite some time ago. Both cities have urban suburbs to replace these areas now and host plenty of young professional transplants. Columbus has been this way for much longer so it is yet to be decided if Charlotte, with it's new money, has the staying power...especially in these times.

If you consider a gay community as being any indicator of a place to find good arts, dining and neighborhoods, the most central part of Columbus is your place. Charlotte falls somewhere between my ridiculous comparison of Cincinnati with it's almost-southern lack of creativity where nightlife/scene is concerned, and a quaint little bead shop in Chapel Hill with Superchunk on cassette tape playing from a back room that smells like Patchouli. It's a tough choice.

EDIT: Oh yeah, flowers are everywhere in Charlotte and make even the the least attractive ranch home or crappy condo community look nice.

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