Relocating to Columbus area

[GregHenry]

Originally Posted by Dewddd

It may not be as hard as you make it sound. With the diverse workforce, unemployment in Columbus is just 5.9%. Ohio unemployment is 7.1% and the U.S. average is 7.8%. Columbus is really much better off than rust belt cities like Cleveland, Pittsburgh, or Toledo. With that said, there may be a shortage of openings depending on what type of job you are looking in.

I do not think people in Columbus are unfriendly and stuck up. Sure, some of them are, but I don't like to be branded as an unfriendly person based on where I live. My personal experience is that some of the friendliest people live and work here.

Columbus is a modern, advancing city, that is already more important nationally than Pittsburgh, but it's only a short matter of time until the metro area of Columbus is larger than Pittsburgh's. Pittsburgh is on the way down. It's simply too hard to live, work, drive and build commercial development there.

Coming from the East, Columbus is the first "American" city you'll encounter, with that "American" feel that exists from Ohio to California. It has everything a modern American city wants and needs: a great road and street system, commercially favorable topography, great shopping, lovely neighborhoods, and it's quite beautiful. Columbus also has the standard American manners, politeness and feel that exists in the main body of America, so it feels familiar and comfortable to new arrivals.

There are many strong reasons why Columbus is quickly rushing to overtake Pittsburgh for overall metro size.

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by GregHenry

Columbus is a modern, advancing city, that is already more important nationally than Pittsburgh, but it's only a short matter of time until the metro area of Columbus is larger than Pittsburgh's. Pittsburgh is on the way down. It's simply too hard to live, work, drive and build commercial development there.

Coming from the East, Columbus is the first "American" city you'll encounter, with that "American" feel that exists from Ohio to California. It has everything a modern American city wants and needs: a great road and street system, commercially favorable topography, great shopping, lovely neighborhoods, and it's quite beautiful. Columbus also has the standard American manners, politeness and feel that exists in the main body of America, so it feels familiar and comfortable to new arrivals.

There are many strong reasons why Columbus is quickly rushing to overtake Pittsburgh for overall metro size.

I really don't know where you're getting this stuff about Pittsburgh. Definitely not on the way down. The Rust Belt as a whole has been rebounding nicely in recent years, and Pittsburgh has probably turned things around the most so far. It's really been a success story. Does metro size being 20,000 larger than someone else's really matter that much? Are you saying that Pittsburgh isn't beautiful, have streets, stores, neighborhoods? It's all well and good to like Columbus, but I don't see why you have to put down another perfectly fine city to do that. I could definitely understand people who prefer Pittsburgh.

[GregHenry]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

I really don't know where you're getting this stuff about Pittsburgh. Definitely not on the way down. The Rust Belt as a whole has been rebounding nicely in recent years, and Pittsburgh has probably turned things around the most so far. It's really been a success story. Does metro size being 20,000 larger than someone else's really matter that much? Are you saying that Pittsburgh isn't beautiful, have streets, stores, neighborhoods? It's all well and good to like Columbus, but I don't see why you have to put down another perfectly fine city to do that. I could definitely understand people who prefer Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh is experiencing a 60-year population decline that has no hope of reversing. I live in Pittsburgh, and I escape to Cleveland every chance I can because it's a much better town. Cleveland is just far better poised for growth than Pittsburgh.

Columbus is more advantaged than both. No toll roads is going to pay great dividends for Columbus over the long run.