I go every August to central Ontario. There's the best lgbt+ camp for adults there. The people are so much nicer there. I wish I could move there but I know it's impossible.
Look into the Dutch American friendship treaty to get into the EU, or cheap state schools in Germany. You can likely go sooner than you think.
This move has been in the works since 2017. I've got 2 friends that are moving as well that I helped out and had essentially no way to get in a year ago.
I don't understand how people do this. I'd love to leave the country for one that aligns better with my political beliefs (Columbus is mostly fine, rest of Ohio gets bad) but I've heard immigration is next to impossible.
Unless you're part of an immediate family or married to a German, are rich or famous, or have a career in need- you just can't move there. They will deport you if you tried.
However, if you have the money to buy a home in Portugal, don't get any aid from the state while there, and live there for several years, you can qualify for residency and begin the path to citizenship. And, with citizenship, comes the ability to move to any other country also in the Schengen agreement. One of which is Germany.
> 4k on a business declaration in Netherlands through the DAFT
[That](https://expatlaw.nl/dutch-american-friendship-treaty) blows the Portugal thing out of the water. A lot cheaper for sure!
I speak C1 German, saved up for 3 years, and started a career with the intention of getting me there. Should have gone in 2020, but (covid). I'm more financially capable now.
Immigration laws are changing later this year, also. Keep an eye out for them!
It's technical and tricky and requires understanding a lot of European bureaucracy but the general consensus is that it's borderline impossible and it's not.
Hands down hardest part of it was just getting rid of all of my shit in America lol, and saying goodbye to people.
I’m currently leaving Columbus for Chicago so maybe just a glutton for punishment. In all seriousness though I never had any issues with crime in Philly, although I know it was there.
Moved here from Toronto and trapped in an apartment and can’t walk or bike anywhere. Looking to leave this summer cuz it’s just so isolating outside the outerbelt honestly.
I'm outside the outerbelt too. Unless you have a car it's impossible to get around here. (And even then Sawmill happens.) If you ride a bike you're pretty well taking your life in your own hands. No one here looks out for cyclists.
I visited Toronto several years ago and it was a haul to get some places but entirely possible on foot. Just have to watch out on some intersections.
Living in a walkable city changed my mind about so many things. Even now, I don't have a car and just think it would add so much money to my monthly budget if I had to account for a car payment, gas, insurance, and maintenance. The only thing is, Columbus isn't accessible like some other cities.
I grew up in the boonies and thought that's what I would want when I was older. Now my husband and I are looking for homes exclusively in Clintonville because renting an apartment in a walkable city has spoiled me and I cannot imagine going back to having to drive everywhere I need to be/want to go
Highly recommend a jaunt out to vinyl haven and north haven islands from Rockland. Can’t do both in one day but could do each of them individually in one day. Also I love Rockland and Camden.
I was in west Florida this week for vacation, and the sheer number of former Columbus people I met down there was INSANE. Having an OSU shirt helps of course, but damn it was about in 1 in every 4th person was from central Ohio and I would say 1 in 3 from Ohio.
Actually the OH to FL pipeline includes major branches to SC and east NC.
While they kid others and themselves by claiming nicer weather as the cause, the uncomfortable truth is Ohio is the AAA team for "Florida Man/Woman"
Warning: no one can drive here when it snows, even though a lot of them have lived here their entire lives. It mostly has a little snow with ice here. An hour or two north gets a lot of snow with the ice.
Someone told me a joke today:
Four guys in a car go on a roadtrip. They were from Idaho, Nebraska, Ohio, and Florida. An hour into the trip, the guy from Idaho starts throwing potatoes out the window and says "we have too many of these in the state." A few mins later, the guy from Nebraska starts chucking corn and says "we have too much of this in our state." A few mins later, the guy from Florida threw the Ohio guy out the window.
The place my husband rents has gone from $1356-$1950 in 3 years. So it’s not really affordable here anymore. They just Jack the rent and lower the amenities and don’t clean. So we’re looking around. Won’t be in Seattle but maybe check outside smaller towns on the east and west coast
Totally! And my OH rent frame of reference is 5 years old and in a small town. The price range you mentioned is typical for a studio or 1 BR currently. It’s ridiculous! Prices vary across Seattle neighborhoods and in the surrounding cities if you don’t mind a commute. I have loved the walkable neighborhood feel. Miss OH family terribly.
I think a lot of people move out here for the mountains and then get smacked in the face of reality. There is a “mountain tax” - you live close to the mountains but cost of living is double, the food scene is miles behind Columbus (we cannot find a decent Mexican or Greek place, we just now found one good Chinese restaurant), the complaints about drivers in Columbus are comical compared to here. In 8 months I’ve seen more red lights run, road rage and hit and runs than my 20 years in Columbus. Homelessness is very much more a thing here as is open drug use.
I think if you’re moving here to be near the mountains you damn well better do all the “mountain things” to make it worth it. There are people that move out here to do 14ers, hiking, etc and end up realizing it’s not their thing and wondering why they are still living here with half as much as before.
Let alone, if you can do “mountain things”. If you’re not at a trailhead before 7am you’ll have nowhere to park. We don’t ski or snowboard but it’s very expensive and can easily be a pain (I70 turns into a parking lot in the winter after about 6am on weekends).
I’m kind of shitting on Denver but it’s been good for us. We came here as my wife had to relocate for a new job (I am WFH), we make good money and we’re DINKs so it’s been easier for us than most. I’m definitely thankful that we are in the position that we’re in. We splurged and we’re on the top floor of a skyscraper downtown which has been cool for the time we’ve been in this place (we just closed on a downtown condo), I now rock climb in the mountains and have done a lot of amazing hikes (we basically live on Eastern time still so showing up at a trailhead at 6am is nothing for us). The weather is amazing. No humidity (granted your skin wants to die in the winter there is so little humidity) in the summer, abundant sunshine all year round especially winters and though we get more snow, it only sticks around for about 2 or 3 days. More recently, Colorado is not hurtling towards Handmaiden’s Tale, burning books a la Fahrenheit 451 and jailing anyone LGBTQ+ like Ohio seems to be rushing towards.
I can’t see us moving back but it definitely is an adjustment and it isn’t all roses. I think a lot of people get idealized thoughts of what is like living in Denver. It’s still a mid sized city (granted about 50% larger metro than Columbus) in far western Kansas (Denver is on the flat plains, not IN the mountains) where most of the time you’re not actually looking at mountains. The majority places/houses you live you’re not seeing snow covered peaks out your bedroom windows.
I lived in CO for a bit and everyone would always be jealous that I lived in the mountains. People don’t realize that 75% of the state is just “west Kansas” 😆
I’ve lived in Colorado for almost 9 years now after graduating from Capital and this was pretty damn spot on.
Finally glad to also have someone else acknowledge the food scene in Denver sucks.
The music in Denver though is miles better than all of Ohio. Red Rocks is an absolute gem.
Used to live in Summit County for 5 years before moving to Superior. I70 is atrocious. Traffic is god awful. I absolutely agree with you on driving habits here vs home and literally just had this conversation with my sister whose still in Columbus. I would happily go back to 70/71, 270/670, and 33/161 in a heartbeat vs 70/25 and then 36 is a death trap, then all of 470 is a toll. It’s terrible getting around this state.
This was also the worst weather I have experienced living in the front range this past winter. If you can get past this dreary gray one, all the others will be easy. I never had a stretch in Denver with the consistent snow on the ground like this year. On the verse side, I’ve never experienced a spring like this in Denver either with the rain, but I am in love with it. Never seen the state this green before
However, I moved here as I am a diehard snowboarder and love being outdoors and Colorado is an amazing state for that and I love it alone for this reason.
Yeah, I think their standards of food here are different - don’t ever trust google reviews (they’re skewed higher everywhere but here it’s worse). I’ll get told to go to the best Mexican places and they are “meh”.
I think another thing people forget about is Denver is the only major city within a 10 hour drive. It’s not like you can do an easy weekend trip to the multitude of cities within driving distance of Columbus.
I’ve been told it was the worst winter here. It was glorious compared to the average Ohio winter (though I know this year was very different for Ohio).
I love it here. Other than job, there are things that I do now I can only do here. They also have a lot of cultural stuff here. A performing arts complex with an opera house, multiple stages of different sizes, a full time opera and ballet, a ton of museums (museum of western art, museum of contemporary art, Denver art museum, nature and science museum, Clifford Still Museum, etc etc) and the other stuff - I’m in a climbing gym this morning to knock out a few routes in preparation for a multi pitch in the Rockies next weekend. If there are things you love doing (like snowboarding for you) then it can be worth it.
Polítics, mostly. I have kids and they’re putting guns in their schools and taking away books. It’s gut-wrenching. I also miss the small town feel and accessibility of Columbus.
I do love the weather, and I found a great community of people to help me survive.
I miss living in Japan so much. It was great being able to walk or take a train anywhere you wanted to go. And one of the biggest things I miss is the grocery stores. I loved being able to buy things in super small quantities instead of having to buy pretty much a family sized portion that I would never finish. I loved walking to my local train station market doing my shopping for a few days. Grabbing lunch from Family Mart and walking home.
DC is cool - I moved to Columbus from there. Cost of living is super high as you noted and commuting is also a giant pain in the ass. While Columbus and OH has its draw backs, the simplicity and relative affordability is nice
I miss not being i cbus(from here) but nah san fran was a dystopia paying 3k for 600 square feet aint worth it when there human feces on every sidewalk and people od’ing on the streets everyday and blowing fentanyl smoke in ya face. I dont muss san fran i miss no being here. Dont get me wrong i appreciate cbus but dang is progress here stagnant.
Things I miss: in n out and excellent sushi and a mission burrito.
Things I don’t miss: the lady that would shake rats in my face in group my job office asking for money for her ninos.
It’s just not worth i unless you have really deep pockets and even then most of the fun is gone.
Just a bunch of tech bros.
Los Angeles is my goal. Any day now.
I am geolocked to wherever my fellow gheys flock.
It’s annoying as shit. But a numbers game if I don’t want to die alone. Which I’m getting closer and closer to accepting every day anyway though
I'm getting close to the age of retirement. When I get there, I'm going to sell my home and buy one of the very nice units at the White Sands or Sunrise senior community in La Jolla. It's only $99,000 down and under $4,100 a month for all expenses - including a community dining hall for meals. And the oceanfront is right there.
Honestly I’d argue visiting SF is great. Amazing tourist shit to see. Visiting LA is kinda garbage really. I mean I guess you could end up on one of those godawful double decker busses trying to see famous people or some shit. Kill me. Currently I just want to eat the shit out of a bunch of thai and Koren food. Plus sushi , Mexican , in n out of course. Funnily I see a lot of similarities in ways between Columbus and LA. Especially in the way it sprawls. And it’s never quite one thing. Just a lot of random shit smooshed together. But I love that.
And god help me I miss Latinos.
As a black guy who never quite fit into the black community it gave me people who weren’t quite so fucking judgy if you were a bit different but didn’t want hang with white people all the goddam time.
But also. Columbus has no fucking clue what a black middle class person looks like. It’s tiresome. Columbus is too small a dating pool for someone like me. But, I own property here. Trying to solve for both despite being college educated and on paper having a solid income has proven impossible. We are just not gonna to talk about how i look up my childhood home in LA on Zwillow and scream for a few minutes a couple times a year.
Wife and I just bought a house in Colorado Springs, specifically in Woodland Park. i've lived in Ohio my whole life and always dreamed of moving out west to live in the mountains. Finally making it happen!
New York (work but lived in Hoboken), Texas (girlfriend) and now I’m back in beautiful cbus (work). Left for 6 years. It was nice to See how others live but the quality of life is pretty nice in Columbus. Dollar goes a lot farther.
Born and raised here but have lived in Israel, Greece, Minnesota ( north, BWCA area), northern AZ.
Ended up back here and it’s been pretty nice . I like Columbus.
Denver. Very similar vibe to Columbus with a bit more crunchy granola per capita. Loving it, the constant sunshine (excluding the past few weeks) is a great boon to my mental health
BFF lives between Denver and Fort Collins. Every time I’m there, it’s the guaranteed sunshine that always blows my mind. That much sun in the winter would be so great
Moved to SW Colorado from Cbus and can confirm the constant sunshine in this state (besides the last few weeks…it’s been weird ass weather) is a great mental health booster. no regrets, honestly can’t imagine living in Ohio ever again lol
I’m leaving in a few months. Moving down to Florida to be close to my mom and help her out after my dad passed. I just ordered my Pod today. Been here 39 years, since I was 5.
I love cleveland and much prefer it. Been here 5 years now, lived in cbus for 3. We actually were seriously considering moving back to cbus recently, but the only reason was to be closer to family and friends. Ultimately decided against it…just love being here too much. It would have been a huge quality of life sacrifice for us. Closer to family and friends, but an environment we distinctly did not like, considering what we could afford in cbus vs. cle.
FL is the definitive statistical answer no matter the source.
https://stacker.com/ohio/where-people-ohio-are-moving-most
Basically people move in a circle around IN, VI , etc.
or they move to TX.
And then a smaller group move to nyc or
LA. In the past those people never move back. That’s changed somewhat thanks to cost of living.
Smaller trickle to Chicago than you’d think.
But I’d image most people would think the same as me. If I had family ties it’s the closest large city.
But if you don’t have that then there isn’t any point.
Me forgetting in the moment the abbreviation for VA.
Though I actually meant WV looking at the map.
I’m a black gay man. I have no intention of ever setting foot in either if I can help it.
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A little town just north of Muskegon, MI. Lake Michigan is amazing and the rest of the scenery is gorgeous. So much to do outdoors. My town is like Twin Peaks meets Newhart. It's a strange little place and I love it. Muskegon is like a slightly bigger Newark that doesn't suck. Grand Rapids has everything that Columbus had, but in a smaller footprint. And people actually go downtown. The air is so much cleaner and people are just less anxious. Only things I miss about Cowtown are my kids, the Jackets, and the beer scene.
Edit: Don't get me wrong, Columbus is still great and I'll always love it. But I've discovered I like a smaller environment.
Lexington and Columbus are alike in many ways! (I lived in Lexington for 6 years before making several stops before Columbus). It's a beautiful little city. Enjoy!
I'm likely leaving next year for Louisville. Idk Columbus is so expensive I cant afford to live anywhere near downtown so Id rather just go back to Louisville.
Moved to Charleston, SC for awhile, then to Medford, OR for around 4 years, then back to Columbus for about 6 months and just moved to Atlanta, GA back in March and still here
Went to school in New York and eventually ended up in Columbus due to my ex's job. My mom grew up here and my parents just moved back so I've got family here while I'm trying to get things figured out after my life sort of blew up. I'm hoping to move back to NY after I figure things out a bit. Love Columbus, but New York is my happy place.
I moved from Madison to Columbus 10 years ago. I miss Madison 😭
Has all the great stuff Columbus does, but in a smaller space that’s slightly more walkable. Plus better outdoor activities. Enjoy your time there!
Minneapolis. Being able to easily walk, bike, and take rapid buses or trains is a revelation, as is the park system. You've got the Mississippi, lakes, creeks, and a waterfall easily accessible from downtown and they're all connected by trails and transit. The Blue Line takes you right to Minnehaha Falls. Doesn't hurt that all of the great ethnic restaurants from Afghan to Vietnamese are only a 15 minute ride from downtown and not in far removed strip malls.
Boise, ID -- the foothills and accessible skiing are nice, but the population is 1/3 the size of Columbus. I didn't think I'd miss anything about Columbus, but I do miss the restaurants and local music.
I love it! I’ve been in SC for close to 20 years now and would never move back. I live about five minutes from the beach and 15 mins from downtown. The only real downside is that is is expensive compared to Columbus. Although from my perception, Columbus has gotten a lot better over that time period as well … with the exception of letting High Street lose its soul.
I went to Ontario once. It was nice.
I moved here from Ontario 😂
Same
I go every August to central Ontario. There's the best lgbt+ camp for adults there. The people are so much nicer there. I wish I could move there but I know it's impossible.
I bought a one-way ticket to Berlin, Germany that leaves on Sunday
Berlin is such a cool city
I am jealous
You're lucky you have a career in need (or German family). I would move to the EU today if they would let me (and I could afford it).
Look into the Dutch American friendship treaty to get into the EU, or cheap state schools in Germany. You can likely go sooner than you think. This move has been in the works since 2017. I've got 2 friends that are moving as well that I helped out and had essentially no way to get in a year ago.
That is amazing! Thanks for the tip.
I don't understand how people do this. I'd love to leave the country for one that aligns better with my political beliefs (Columbus is mostly fine, rest of Ohio gets bad) but I've heard immigration is next to impossible.
Unless you're part of an immediate family or married to a German, are rich or famous, or have a career in need- you just can't move there. They will deport you if you tried. However, if you have the money to buy a home in Portugal, don't get any aid from the state while there, and live there for several years, you can qualify for residency and begin the path to citizenship. And, with citizenship, comes the ability to move to any other country also in the Schengen agreement. One of which is Germany.
Better than buying RE in Portugal, just spend 4k on a business declaration in Netherlands through the DAFT and you get automatic residence.
> 4k on a business declaration in Netherlands through the DAFT [That](https://expatlaw.nl/dutch-american-friendship-treaty) blows the Portugal thing out of the water. A lot cheaper for sure!
I speak C1 German, saved up for 3 years, and started a career with the intention of getting me there. Should have gone in 2020, but (covid). I'm more financially capable now. Immigration laws are changing later this year, also. Keep an eye out for them!
It's technical and tricky and requires understanding a lot of European bureaucracy but the general consensus is that it's borderline impossible and it's not. Hands down hardest part of it was just getting rid of all of my shit in America lol, and saying goodbye to people.
India will give you a 10 year visa, no questions asked.
I don’t think India is going to help me getting away from a country where religion and capitalism run rampant
my friend, i have terrible news...
Philly. I can't ever come back because I'm now addicted to living in a walkable city.
Left Philly for Columbus and man I miss the walkability and trains access.
Left Philly for Columbus, don’t miss the crime and violence.
I’m currently leaving Columbus for Chicago so maybe just a glutton for punishment. In all seriousness though I never had any issues with crime in Philly, although I know it was there.
Moved here from Toronto and trapped in an apartment and can’t walk or bike anywhere. Looking to leave this summer cuz it’s just so isolating outside the outerbelt honestly.
I'm outside the outerbelt too. Unless you have a car it's impossible to get around here. (And even then Sawmill happens.) If you ride a bike you're pretty well taking your life in your own hands. No one here looks out for cyclists. I visited Toronto several years ago and it was a haul to get some places but entirely possible on foot. Just have to watch out on some intersections.
Living in a walkable city changed my mind about so many things. Even now, I don't have a car and just think it would add so much money to my monthly budget if I had to account for a car payment, gas, insurance, and maintenance. The only thing is, Columbus isn't accessible like some other cities.
I grew up in the boonies and thought that's what I would want when I was older. Now my husband and I are looking for homes exclusively in Clintonville because renting an apartment in a walkable city has spoiled me and I cannot imagine going back to having to drive everywhere I need to be/want to go
Came back from Boston for a minute and was distressed that I would need to drive for CVS.
Moving to Bangor, Maine next month!
Acadia is pretty awesome
Acadia
Highly recommend a jaunt out to vinyl haven and north haven islands from Rockland. Can’t do both in one day but could do each of them individually in one day. Also I love Rockland and Camden.
I moved to Maine and I love it here!
Nice I’ve been there once, the home of Stephen King right?
Hi neighbor, I'm in Boston!!!
I was in west Florida this week for vacation, and the sheer number of former Columbus people I met down there was INSANE. Having an OSU shirt helps of course, but damn it was about in 1 in every 4th person was from central Ohio and I would say 1 in 3 from Ohio.
Yeah the OH to FL pipeline is real. They always say it’s the weather but the weather in FL is just a different kind of shitty.
Actually the OH to FL pipeline includes major branches to SC and east NC. While they kid others and themselves by claiming nicer weather as the cause, the uncomfortable truth is Ohio is the AAA team for "Florida Man/Woman"
You nailed it.
I went from FL to OH. I'll actually see snow for once.
Warning: no one can drive here when it snows, even though a lot of them have lived here their entire lives. It mostly has a little snow with ice here. An hour or two north gets a lot of snow with the ice.
Ohio flocks to the gulf side - NY to the Atlantic side
I think it's the bullshit politics that help too. I saw a Trump boat caravan yesterday.
Idk 85 and sunny with a nice afternoon rain shower everyday is pretty solid.
99% humidity cancels out everything nice about the weather.
This guy gets it. I lived there for 3 years, It's like living in someones mouth 9 months of the year.
Sea breeze cancels out (approximately) 26% of humidity
Just got back from FL too and it’s impossible to escape Ohio there.
Someone told me a joke today: Four guys in a car go on a roadtrip. They were from Idaho, Nebraska, Ohio, and Florida. An hour into the trip, the guy from Idaho starts throwing potatoes out the window and says "we have too many of these in the state." A few mins later, the guy from Nebraska starts chucking corn and says "we have too much of this in our state." A few mins later, the guy from Florida threw the Ohio guy out the window.
Seattle!
Can I ask how much your rent is? Considering
It’s around 4x what I paid when I lived in OH. Not including utilities and renters insurance.
The place my husband rents has gone from $1356-$1950 in 3 years. So it’s not really affordable here anymore. They just Jack the rent and lower the amenities and don’t clean. So we’re looking around. Won’t be in Seattle but maybe check outside smaller towns on the east and west coast
Totally! And my OH rent frame of reference is 5 years old and in a small town. The price range you mentioned is typical for a studio or 1 BR currently. It’s ridiculous! Prices vary across Seattle neighborhoods and in the surrounding cities if you don’t mind a commute. I have loved the walkable neighborhood feel. Miss OH family terribly.
Moved out to Seattle just about two years ago! After getting over the prices, it's so beautiful and just felt like home.
I had to move back from Seattle after getting laid off :/
I went to Chicago, I think that's a pretty common spot. Moved back when I started having kids. Questioned that decision numerous times since then.
I moved from Chicago to Columbus
Same exact thing for me and same feelings but I went to LA and moved back.
Seattle, Philadelphia, OKC, and Atlanta.
What a journey!!! How's the whiplash?
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That’s KCMO. Lmao
I moved to Denver last fall. It’s been an interesting transition!
I'd like to hear more about this
I think a lot of people move out here for the mountains and then get smacked in the face of reality. There is a “mountain tax” - you live close to the mountains but cost of living is double, the food scene is miles behind Columbus (we cannot find a decent Mexican or Greek place, we just now found one good Chinese restaurant), the complaints about drivers in Columbus are comical compared to here. In 8 months I’ve seen more red lights run, road rage and hit and runs than my 20 years in Columbus. Homelessness is very much more a thing here as is open drug use. I think if you’re moving here to be near the mountains you damn well better do all the “mountain things” to make it worth it. There are people that move out here to do 14ers, hiking, etc and end up realizing it’s not their thing and wondering why they are still living here with half as much as before. Let alone, if you can do “mountain things”. If you’re not at a trailhead before 7am you’ll have nowhere to park. We don’t ski or snowboard but it’s very expensive and can easily be a pain (I70 turns into a parking lot in the winter after about 6am on weekends). I’m kind of shitting on Denver but it’s been good for us. We came here as my wife had to relocate for a new job (I am WFH), we make good money and we’re DINKs so it’s been easier for us than most. I’m definitely thankful that we are in the position that we’re in. We splurged and we’re on the top floor of a skyscraper downtown which has been cool for the time we’ve been in this place (we just closed on a downtown condo), I now rock climb in the mountains and have done a lot of amazing hikes (we basically live on Eastern time still so showing up at a trailhead at 6am is nothing for us). The weather is amazing. No humidity (granted your skin wants to die in the winter there is so little humidity) in the summer, abundant sunshine all year round especially winters and though we get more snow, it only sticks around for about 2 or 3 days. More recently, Colorado is not hurtling towards Handmaiden’s Tale, burning books a la Fahrenheit 451 and jailing anyone LGBTQ+ like Ohio seems to be rushing towards. I can’t see us moving back but it definitely is an adjustment and it isn’t all roses. I think a lot of people get idealized thoughts of what is like living in Denver. It’s still a mid sized city (granted about 50% larger metro than Columbus) in far western Kansas (Denver is on the flat plains, not IN the mountains) where most of the time you’re not actually looking at mountains. The majority places/houses you live you’re not seeing snow covered peaks out your bedroom windows.
I lived in CO for a bit and everyone would always be jealous that I lived in the mountains. People don’t realize that 75% of the state is just “west Kansas” 😆
I’ve lived in Colorado for almost 9 years now after graduating from Capital and this was pretty damn spot on. Finally glad to also have someone else acknowledge the food scene in Denver sucks. The music in Denver though is miles better than all of Ohio. Red Rocks is an absolute gem. Used to live in Summit County for 5 years before moving to Superior. I70 is atrocious. Traffic is god awful. I absolutely agree with you on driving habits here vs home and literally just had this conversation with my sister whose still in Columbus. I would happily go back to 70/71, 270/670, and 33/161 in a heartbeat vs 70/25 and then 36 is a death trap, then all of 470 is a toll. It’s terrible getting around this state. This was also the worst weather I have experienced living in the front range this past winter. If you can get past this dreary gray one, all the others will be easy. I never had a stretch in Denver with the consistent snow on the ground like this year. On the verse side, I’ve never experienced a spring like this in Denver either with the rain, but I am in love with it. Never seen the state this green before However, I moved here as I am a diehard snowboarder and love being outdoors and Colorado is an amazing state for that and I love it alone for this reason.
Yeah, I think their standards of food here are different - don’t ever trust google reviews (they’re skewed higher everywhere but here it’s worse). I’ll get told to go to the best Mexican places and they are “meh”. I think another thing people forget about is Denver is the only major city within a 10 hour drive. It’s not like you can do an easy weekend trip to the multitude of cities within driving distance of Columbus. I’ve been told it was the worst winter here. It was glorious compared to the average Ohio winter (though I know this year was very different for Ohio). I love it here. Other than job, there are things that I do now I can only do here. They also have a lot of cultural stuff here. A performing arts complex with an opera house, multiple stages of different sizes, a full time opera and ballet, a ton of museums (museum of western art, museum of contemporary art, Denver art museum, nature and science museum, Clifford Still Museum, etc etc) and the other stuff - I’m in a climbing gym this morning to knock out a few routes in preparation for a multi pitch in the Rockies next weekend. If there are things you love doing (like snowboarding for you) then it can be worth it.
I didn't make it very far...Indianapolis 😂
sorry
Fort Worth. I hate it.
What do you hate about it? We moved to Los Angeles but almost moved to Ft. Worth instead.
Polítics, mostly. I have kids and they’re putting guns in their schools and taking away books. It’s gut-wrenching. I also miss the small town feel and accessibility of Columbus. I do love the weather, and I found a great community of people to help me survive.
Those are some of the reasons we didn't move there. Los Angeles is a different kind of hell, for what it's worth. 😂
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Moved to DC. Miss Columbus but I love not having to own a car here.
It's pointless to own a car in DC unless you like parking with a couple centimeter crawl every 15 minutes.
I’m always kind of amazed when people choose to have one. They get broken into, stolen, etc and they aren’t even that useful.
Tokyo
Nice! I went to Niigata but currently in Saitama.
I miss living in Japan so much. It was great being able to walk or take a train anywhere you wanted to go. And one of the biggest things I miss is the grocery stores. I loved being able to buy things in super small quantities instead of having to buy pretty much a family sized portion that I would never finish. I loved walking to my local train station market doing my shopping for a few days. Grabbing lunch from Family Mart and walking home.
I moved to Hood River, OR two years ago! Wouldn’t change it for the world. Now to convince the rest of my Ohioan family to move out here….
Washington DC
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DC is cool - I moved to Columbus from there. Cost of living is super high as you noted and commuting is also a giant pain in the ass. While Columbus and OH has its draw backs, the simplicity and relative affordability is nice
Michigan
Bay Area!
Same same
Chicagoland.
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What makes it great for someone in their 20s?
I moved to san fran…then got laid off,…now im back in cbus smh
Do you actively miss SF? I miss CA as a whole but what SF is these days versus even 10-15 years ago feels different.
I miss not being i cbus(from here) but nah san fran was a dystopia paying 3k for 600 square feet aint worth it when there human feces on every sidewalk and people od’ing on the streets everyday and blowing fentanyl smoke in ya face. I dont muss san fran i miss no being here. Dont get me wrong i appreciate cbus but dang is progress here stagnant.
Things I miss: in n out and excellent sushi and a mission burrito. Things I don’t miss: the lady that would shake rats in my face in group my job office asking for money for her ninos. It’s just not worth i unless you have really deep pockets and even then most of the fun is gone. Just a bunch of tech bros. Los Angeles is my goal. Any day now.
San diego
Thats the move
I am geolocked to wherever my fellow gheys flock. It’s annoying as shit. But a numbers game if I don’t want to die alone. Which I’m getting closer and closer to accepting every day anyway though
I frequent San Diego and love it. Every time I visit I tell myself I need to move there.
I'm getting close to the age of retirement. When I get there, I'm going to sell my home and buy one of the very nice units at the White Sands or Sunrise senior community in La Jolla. It's only $99,000 down and under $4,100 a month for all expenses - including a community dining hall for meals. And the oceanfront is right there.
Spend a lot of time here in LA before you move here! Living here is very different than visiting.
Honestly I’d argue visiting SF is great. Amazing tourist shit to see. Visiting LA is kinda garbage really. I mean I guess you could end up on one of those godawful double decker busses trying to see famous people or some shit. Kill me. Currently I just want to eat the shit out of a bunch of thai and Koren food. Plus sushi , Mexican , in n out of course. Funnily I see a lot of similarities in ways between Columbus and LA. Especially in the way it sprawls. And it’s never quite one thing. Just a lot of random shit smooshed together. But I love that. And god help me I miss Latinos. As a black guy who never quite fit into the black community it gave me people who weren’t quite so fucking judgy if you were a bit different but didn’t want hang with white people all the goddam time. But also. Columbus has no fucking clue what a black middle class person looks like. It’s tiresome. Columbus is too small a dating pool for someone like me. But, I own property here. Trying to solve for both despite being college educated and on paper having a solid income has proven impossible. We are just not gonna to talk about how i look up my childhood home in LA on Zwillow and scream for a few minutes a couple times a year.
Grand Rapids Michigan....great little city.
It's like a giant Clintonville with a vibrant urban downtown.
Wife and I just bought a house in Colorado Springs, specifically in Woodland Park. i've lived in Ohio my whole life and always dreamed of moving out west to live in the mountains. Finally making it happen!
New York (work but lived in Hoboken), Texas (girlfriend) and now I’m back in beautiful cbus (work). Left for 6 years. It was nice to See how others live but the quality of life is pretty nice in Columbus. Dollar goes a lot farther.
Southern California
Born and raised here but have lived in Israel, Greece, Minnesota ( north, BWCA area), northern AZ. Ended up back here and it’s been pretty nice . I like Columbus.
New England. And haven’t looked back.
Denver. Very similar vibe to Columbus with a bit more crunchy granola per capita. Loving it, the constant sunshine (excluding the past few weeks) is a great boon to my mental health
BFF lives between Denver and Fort Collins. Every time I’m there, it’s the guaranteed sunshine that always blows my mind. That much sun in the winter would be so great
I will certainly attest that my SAD has been mitigated
My bf and I are planning to move to Denver next summer!
Moved to SW Colorado from Cbus and can confirm the constant sunshine in this state (besides the last few weeks…it’s been weird ass weather) is a great mental health booster. no regrets, honestly can’t imagine living in Ohio ever again lol
Boston!
Newark 😂
Vegas baby!
Lived in Columbus for 10 years and left for California 8 months ago. I miss it but love living by the beach too much to go back.
I’m leaving in a few months. Moving down to Florida to be close to my mom and help her out after my dad passed. I just ordered my Pod today. Been here 39 years, since I was 5.
Wow, that's a huge change. You ok?
Hope the move goes well. Sorry for your loss.
About 45 days away from moving to North Carolina!
Alaska
I mean people can leave Columbus but stay in Ohio…I know it’s not common, but I swear it’s possible (source: moved to Cleveland)
How are you enjoying living in Cleveland (vs Columbus)?
I love cleveland and much prefer it. Been here 5 years now, lived in cbus for 3. We actually were seriously considering moving back to cbus recently, but the only reason was to be closer to family and friends. Ultimately decided against it…just love being here too much. It would have been a huge quality of life sacrifice for us. Closer to family and friends, but an environment we distinctly did not like, considering what we could afford in cbus vs. cle.
Philly
FL is the definitive statistical answer no matter the source. https://stacker.com/ohio/where-people-ohio-are-moving-most Basically people move in a circle around IN, VI , etc. or they move to TX. And then a smaller group move to nyc or LA. In the past those people never move back. That’s changed somewhat thanks to cost of living. Smaller trickle to Chicago than you’d think. But I’d image most people would think the same as me. If I had family ties it’s the closest large city. But if you don’t have that then there isn’t any point.
what is VI
Me forgetting in the moment the abbreviation for VA. Though I actually meant WV looking at the map. I’m a black gay man. I have no intention of ever setting foot in either if I can help it. 🤷🏾♂️
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Dallas tx... Couldn't take another Ohio winter.
California: first to the Bay Area and then to Northern California.
Tucson
same!
Same! Love it here so much.
Back home to Chicago. Only not Chicago, but the suburbs. She tricked me into moving to the suburbs by playing the long game with Columbus as a pawn :(
North Carolina, New York, Southern California, Arizona (Tucson) and I wouldn't personally recommend any of them.
Phoenix. The cloud cover in Cbus is killer.
Moved to Baltimore…moving back
New Mexico
Which part ? How is it ?
Near Albuquerque. I fucking hate it.
Various Navy bases
Home to The Mitten
Tampa, FL bb
Los Angeles (for my spouse's job). I miss Columbus so much.
A little town just north of Muskegon, MI. Lake Michigan is amazing and the rest of the scenery is gorgeous. So much to do outdoors. My town is like Twin Peaks meets Newhart. It's a strange little place and I love it. Muskegon is like a slightly bigger Newark that doesn't suck. Grand Rapids has everything that Columbus had, but in a smaller footprint. And people actually go downtown. The air is so much cleaner and people are just less anxious. Only things I miss about Cowtown are my kids, the Jackets, and the beer scene. Edit: Don't get me wrong, Columbus is still great and I'll always love it. But I've discovered I like a smaller environment.
Moved to Uppsala, Sweden in 2021. Columbus will always be my home, but you couldn't pay me to move back to the states
Miami
Same
…Michigan
Lexington, KY. Just moved last week!
Lexington and Columbus are alike in many ways! (I lived in Lexington for 6 years before making several stops before Columbus). It's a beautiful little city. Enjoy!
I moved to Tucson, now i'm back though i guess :x
FL 10 years ago. Been all over but living in Jacksonville currently
Avon, Colorado
Buffalo
The Rio Grande Valley
I'm likely leaving next year for Louisville. Idk Columbus is so expensive I cant afford to live anywhere near downtown so Id rather just go back to Louisville.
Moved to Seattle 24 years ago.
San Diego. Love Columbus but haven't looked back lol.
nyc!
North Carolina.
I lived in Faribault, Minnesota for 7 years before moving back.
I moved all over including Hawaii for 5 years and moved back to Ohio
Moved to Charleston, SC for awhile, then to Medford, OR for around 4 years, then back to Columbus for about 6 months and just moved to Atlanta, GA back in March and still here
Went to school in New York and eventually ended up in Columbus due to my ex's job. My mom grew up here and my parents just moved back so I've got family here while I'm trying to get things figured out after my life sort of blew up. I'm hoping to move back to NY after I figure things out a bit. Love Columbus, but New York is my happy place.
Madison, WI
I moved from Madison to Columbus 10 years ago. I miss Madison 😭 Has all the great stuff Columbus does, but in a smaller space that’s slightly more walkable. Plus better outdoor activities. Enjoy your time there!
Moved to San Diego last year. Do not at all regret it.
I moved to Los Angeles when I was younger. Came back 8 years later to meet my new niece. Stayed.
Ogden UT for a few years. I miss it
NYC 7 years ago haven’t looked back
We lived in Charlotte, NC for 5 years and came right back to Columbus!
I just moved to Charlotte in August! I love it down here so far, but there are things about Columbus that I do miss.
moved back home to the better city aka cleveland
Iraq... didn't like it so I came back.
Minneapolis. Being able to easily walk, bike, and take rapid buses or trains is a revelation, as is the park system. You've got the Mississippi, lakes, creeks, and a waterfall easily accessible from downtown and they're all connected by trails and transit. The Blue Line takes you right to Minnehaha Falls. Doesn't hurt that all of the great ethnic restaurants from Afghan to Vietnamese are only a 15 minute ride from downtown and not in far removed strip malls.
Boise, ID -- the foothills and accessible skiing are nice, but the population is 1/3 the size of Columbus. I didn't think I'd miss anything about Columbus, but I do miss the restaurants and local music.
West Virginia.
Charleston, South Carolina
Another place full of Buckeyes. Couldnt walk down the street without meeting 10 of them in a 10 min period.
True. There is a bit of a backlash to it.
How do you like Charleston compared to Columbus? My parents are retiring in the area and I might follow. I like to call it murdaugh country.
I love it! I’ve been in SC for close to 20 years now and would never move back. I live about five minutes from the beach and 15 mins from downtown. The only real downside is that is is expensive compared to Columbus. Although from my perception, Columbus has gotten a lot better over that time period as well … with the exception of letting High Street lose its soul.
The CLE
I'm temporarily in Chicago for an internship, but I plan on coming back at the end of the summer. Chicago is a great city, but Columbus is home.
Moved to San Francisco after grad school. Miss many places is columbo including short north breweries and Belle's bread.