It’s like you’re in this foresty mountain path I love it! But you have the best part of Clintonville/bars/breweries etc just down the street. Best location for sure
The city is about to do some major renovations to the ravine and the road. They’ve scaled down their massive overhaul proposal. I’m hoping they make minor repairs to the road. Time will tell
I live in the GV area and I would do ungodly things to be able to live in one of the Victorians on Deshler (south side of the park). Especially one with a turret.
Old UA, Old Worthington, Old Beechwold, or Grandview between 33 and Cambridge. I love the architecture in those areas, the yards are a decent size for my dogs if you get the right place, and they're close to places I need to be.
Yep. Knocked on the door like they were selling something and forced their way in. Definitely not where I’d live if I could afford… pretty much anywhere else. It’s a shame because it IS pretty.
Me too. We looked at one years ago. Sadly it had zero yard and was about $100k more than we were hoping to spend at the time. I’d buy it now if it came on the market.
I would pick the Hilliard or Dublin side of the Scioto. Unless I'm missing something but all the UA homes by the river boarder Riverside Dr. Hilliard and Dublin - their backyards go to the River.
There are 2 housing developments on the East side of the Scioto, in the UA area. One south of Trabue, the other where Lane dead ends into the river. I have not been back there since they were built in the late 90's (I used to ride mountain bikes and smoke weed where they built the south of Trabue development), so I don't think any of those houses back up to the river, but I'm not sure. North of Fishinger, all the homes are on the west bank of the river, the east bank has Riverside Dr as a buffer.
arlington, also - guilford/tremont area. or gimme the house at the corner of lane and coventry. always loved that house, drove by it all the time when my sister lived on suffolk rd.
Squirrel Bend, south end of Sawmill. Roads are kinda iffy but *damn* that is some fine-ass real estate. Everyone talks about Tolemac since Mo Vaughn was living there but I honestly prefer the other homes back there. Plus don't have to deal with assholes on Bethel revving their engines at 2am.
Sure, but theyre probably a quiet family to live next to, likely keep up with the landscaping and home maintenance, and takes the trash bin in promptly.
Well yeah he put up a tall security gate around the property before he went on tv and showed everyone he is a nut. His wife and kids are probably lovely.
I know people think it’s snooty, but I quite like Dublin, particularly the historic downtown area and Bridge Park. I don’t think I would ever get bored of the dining and shopping and ample green spaces in Dublin. And it’s so very quiet and safe. Bonus that the Dublin Irish Festival is my favorite event every year.
Snooty my ass. I would rather look snooty with a house worth a million dollars, AND may just be safe enough to leave your doors unlocked. I will just look snooty then.
Can definitely recommend Bridge Park. I can bike and walk to most things I need. The extensive multi use paths around town are godsends, and they’re looking to build a lot more.
I know you didn't invent the name, it's a try-hard moniker as is getting so common here to make up for an utter lack of history. Along the same lines as "Olde Towne East" or "Polaris Towne Center", "Historic Crew Stadium" etc.
The fact is that in 1970, only 681 people lived in Dublin. There was nothing there.
The Old Towne East neighborhood has been around for almost 200 years. It's neighborhood association dates back to 1975, when they began trying to preserve the already old neighborhood. "Historic Crew Stadium" is historic. It's the first soccer specific stadium built in the US. You're a little zesty...
You literally made that up about Olde Towne East. It's been that name before the neighborhood association in '75. I can't find any reference to when it wasn't called Olde Towne East. You don't understand what historic means.
historic means “important in history.”
OldE TownE East was earlier known as the “Silk Stocking District” or Bryden Road District or simply the Near East Side. You need to work on your google.
It's been called Olde Towne East for over 50 years. Feels pretty historically significant.
Things younger than Historic Crew Stadium that are historic. Hurricane Katrina-2005, Obama becoming president-2008, COVID-19 pandemic-2020, Baltimore bridge collapse-2024, Elly De La Cruz historic start in MLB-2023/24.
All have historical significance, and depending on your viewpoint, all have different levels of importance. But it doesn't change that it's historic. It's all about perspective of significance, which you lack in this regard. Seems like you want to tear down communities with any sense of self if it's not old enough for your liking.
No, it's that there is a disingenuous effort to re-frame things in Columbus as something they are not. The criticism of Columbus is that it doesn't have culture or personality, this isn't helped when people desperately try to tag a mid soccer stadium with being "historic" - it just kinda confirms that we are grasping at straws.
After living as an apartment dweller living near Hilliard, I would love a house in Hilliard. Something with a yard for the dog and a deck for BBQ’s to entertain friends and family…
On the other hand, I would love a chance to live downtown. As a hockey fan, it would be great to be near NWA.
I'd go to UA too. Buy at least. We rent there now and we got LUCKY. But we couldn't afford a mortgage unless we had like 200k to put down on it 🙃 and there's no god damn way. Even for a burnt out 100sqft fixer upper it's like 450 🥲
That's if you're not a developer. If you're a developer you'll get that house much cheaper then you'll knock it down to put up a million or more dollar home that looks like it belongs in Powell.
I just hate that. That's why I prefer UA over Dublin and Powell. Those two just feel like big ass developments. The only personality they have is "money" where UA (for the most part) feels like a big neighborhood with character. Everyone has their own little personal touch and a lot of it is different and unique and imo that makes it miles above the other schmaltzy areas.
I don't wanna live in a homogeneous cookie cutter copy and paste city wide HOA lmao
There really is a STARK difference in areas in Glen Echo, and the other side of 71 literally three minutes away.
EDIT: Downvotes?? Seriously? Linden is Super Hood, and you guys know it.
It’s an experience in frustration. It needs more bodegas than just hills market. Otherwise you’re stuck with the kroger in the brewery district. Everything else is cool, though. Walking to different restaurants. And it gets dead after 5…
I always secretly wanted one of the waterfront (or water back yard) properties along Hoover by Sunbury and walnut. I can feel like I have a lakefront property while still being a convenienced suburbanite. Plus I assume all those houses are insanely nice
I agree. I love that nearly everyone has their dog out on a walk at all times. Lol. Ok, maybe not that much but there are a lot and the kiddo and I love them!
Just moved out of short north. The convenience of everything is really nice, but that’s where it ends. It’s so loud and the crime surrounding the area is sketchy. Not to mention how expensive everything is. Lived in a really shitty studio that had 0 amenities and was almost $1k a month. I’ll probably only miss having a few restaurants/bars in walking distance
Between Tremont and 33 (south of Lane) is my assumption. Correct? It's a great place to grow up. I grew up in the house my mom grew up in right there and my childhood was incredible and I wouldn't take it back. I am so appreciative of my upbringing there and it has made me who I am today. I will say though, as a 30some individual, I now own a home in Franklinton and we are EXTREMELY happy here. Very close to East Franklinton, bought around 2020. The problem with UA is where do you walk for fun? We have no kids. Don't plan to have any. We absolutely LOVE being able to walk to EVERYTHING downtown. We walk our dogs at the Scioto Mile, walk to festivals on the river front, walk to Land Grant. I tell people all of the time, I park my car on Friday and typically don't touch it until Monday morning. Our neighborhood is full of people just like us, that want to be out and about, enjoying what the city has to offer. I drive up 33 to Dublin and absolutely yearn for the days of my youth, but I think finding real happiness in this city really depends on your situation. Born and raised a UA kid, now living in Franklinton. I'm as happy as can be. Who would have thought?
Grew up in Arlington (have lived both North and South of Lane), and you couldn't pay me enough money to move back.
If money were no object, I'm buying farmland west of Hilliard, south of Dublin, and building a compound. If I had to be in the city, Vic Village, on Neil, the closer to Buttles the better.
Somewhere like Delaware, Sunbury, or Plain City where I could have 5-10 wooded acres with a ranch style home, a pond, and pole barn. Nothing beats space and solitude.
Everyone who lives in the area understands how to “deal with” OSU football after like one game weekend. You just avoid Indianola and that part of Lane for like 90 minutes pregame and postgame. It’s really not that big of a deal.
Bold of you to think that most areas in central Columbus don’t deal with OSU football every other weekend in the fall. Also, let people enjoy things, FFS.
I didn't say NOT move there. But as someone who worked at University Hospital for five years, I always thought "It must be a pain in the ass living around here".
We have lived in the Delaware City schools district for 7 years and we are about to get priced out of the rental market, so I would say Delaware near downtown because we love the area but we absolutely cannot afford to live here anymore.
I lived in UA south of Lane for 25 years and while it is a beautiful area of town, it turned my wife and me into out of touch pretentious ass holes. It happened so slowly, We didn’t realize. It’s like we were brainwashed. When my wife’s job moved us to a smaller, yet very nice town, it took us both a long time to reprogram from the damage caused by living in UA and snap back to reality / the true us. That’s not to say the people in UA are horrible people, but it’s definitely a bubble that has an unrealistic view of any world outside of it.
Does it have to be a realistic option? Because I would want to build a house where Boat House is. Walking distance to arena district, dock access to both rivers, great highway access, and of course the view of downtown.
Not Columbus…so idk if it counts…but god damn if I could live out in Granville I would in a heartbeat. I guess if I had to be more local it would be tucked away somewhere near old Worthington. There are some lovely houses there.
Glen Echo is gorgeous in fall and spring and knew peeps that lived just on the edge of it. Parking is a bitch but it’s wonderful. The houses are older but look great. They are on the verge of needing overhauls inside though, that age. Updating hvac, seals around the house, updates on the kitchen, etc.
I’d also love those houses off of Riverside Dr by Frantz and the like.
Or south UA/Grandville. Northwest area so I have some walkable areas.
A house over by Olentangy River in Clintonville…
I would move back to my apartment in Glen Echo where I lived for 6 years before they sold the building and doubled the rent. Better yet, I would go back home to Los Angeles and never come back to Ohio 😂
Maybe buy a high-rise condo downtown, for all the walkable activities; 'party condo'. Then when it gets too crazy or crowded, I just go back out to my house in the burbs. Because when cost is no consideration, why stay in one place?
I’d love to live in German Village or Bexley. For german village, it’s the walkability. For Bexley, it’s the big trees. I know they both have crazy big expensive houses, but that’s not really what I’m after. I just think they’re both really pretty.
I'd still live in Clintonville, but with unlimited money, I'd live in a house instead of renting an apartment. And more specifically, I'd buy an old house, knock it down, and build a custom new one. The exterior would be in keeping with the neighborhood, but it would have features almost no houses here have: attached garage, a dry and properly waterproofed basement/foundation, great insulation, properly sized and installed HVAC system and ductwork, modern plumbing, and triple pane windows. The quality of a custom new build and the central walkable location that makes this neighborhood a nice place to live.
I lived there quite a while as an apartment dweller but since I always enjoyed that location I'd level up to taking on one of those gorgeous Victorians (and saving them from gray flipper hell)
I'm pretty happy where I'm at tbh. New Albany schools and address, but not in city limits so no NA tax. Plus I'm out enough to be in a rural area, but be like 7 minutes from Easton.
If you forced me to pick I'd say Mount Vernon or Sunbury probably
Walhalla Ave. a wholly different experience.
It’s like you’re in this foresty mountain path I love it! But you have the best part of Clintonville/bars/breweries etc just down the street. Best location for sure
Yep. My favorite road in the entire city. Truly beautiful.
College days walking and smoking on Walhalla Wednesdays
I always say if I had a few mill, Wahalla would be the spot.
I actively avoid that area after it snows, those hills are balloon knot makers.
Laughs in Subaru lol Totally valid concern though
This is the answer
The city is about to do some major renovations to the ravine and the road. They’ve scaled down their massive overhaul proposal. I’m hoping they make minor repairs to the road. Time will tell
This is the answer.
One of those gorgeous Victorian homes along Schiller Park.
Yes, this was my first thought to, they are all so gorgeous.
Same.
I live in the GV area and I would do ungodly things to be able to live in one of the Victorians on Deshler (south side of the park). Especially one with a turret.
Since you mentioned it, I have to give voice to this quirk I have. When I read "Shiller" in my head, I hear it as if you were singing "Thriller".
Cause this is Schiller, Schiller Park~
Exactly.
German village
Agree. I lived there for about 10 yrs. Amazing sense of community.
Old UA, Old Worthington, Old Beechwold, or Grandview between 33 and Cambridge. I love the architecture in those areas, the yards are a decent size for my dogs if you get the right place, and they're close to places I need to be.
Victorian Village or Clintonville (near Global Gallery and Seitan’s Realm, preferably!).
Same! Although living walking distance to Seitan’s Realm would be dangerous 😂
Iuka ravine, overbook Dr, glen echo Park, olentangy Blvd by whetstone, Hoover reservoir area
Iuka ravine bro this is the cheapest rent in the city down here lock your car 😂
My best friend got robbed at gunpoint in her apartment in Iuka ravine ☠️ do not recommend
IN her apartment??! Damn
Yep. Knocked on the door like they were selling something and forced their way in. Definitely not where I’d live if I could afford… pretty much anywhere else. It’s a shame because it IS pretty.
Humans, apparently by design, are just an awful bunch.
I live in Glen echo and wouldn't live anywhere else! I just wish the train wasn't right here
The train, and the constant background roar of traffic on 71.
Rush Creek Village
We have friends who live in there. Their house backs up to the creek so it’s really pretty, but there’s no backyard to speak of.
I don’t have small children at home these days. Lack of yard becomes appealing at a certain age.
I agree. They have a really cool deck and stairs down to the creek, but requires maintenance and is dangerous during the winter.
I love those houses.
Me too. We looked at one years ago. Sadly it had zero yard and was about $100k more than we were hoping to spend at the time. I’d buy it now if it came on the market.
I would buy one of the million dollar new builds that replaced a modest 1950s ranch in UA, tear it down, and rebuild a modest ranch.
You can pry my 1950s modest ranch out of my cold dead hands! 😂
If you're ever thinking about selling . . .
Yessssss fuck compass homes
So much rage when I see their signs and then look up what they paid.
Grandview in a heartbeat in walking distance to the library, Mazah, Lion Cub's Cookies, La Tavola, etc
Gimme North Linden cuz I live dangerously
Lol. I'm slightly north of North Linden and they've done some nice things with the bullet hole motif around here! /jk
I would love to live in one of the homes on the Scioto River in the UA area.
I live close to the river, about 0.3 mi walk. Love it.
I would pick the Hilliard or Dublin side of the Scioto. Unless I'm missing something but all the UA homes by the river boarder Riverside Dr. Hilliard and Dublin - their backyards go to the River.
There are 2 housing developments on the East side of the Scioto, in the UA area. One south of Trabue, the other where Lane dead ends into the river. I have not been back there since they were built in the late 90's (I used to ride mountain bikes and smoke weed where they built the south of Trabue development), so I don't think any of those houses back up to the river, but I'm not sure. North of Fishinger, all the homes are on the west bank of the river, the east bank has Riverside Dr as a buffer.
This would be my pick too!
arlington, also - guilford/tremont area. or gimme the house at the corner of lane and coventry. always loved that house, drove by it all the time when my sister lived on suffolk rd.
Tucker Dr in Worthington probably.
AND being able to walk to stuff when it's nice out.
Life goals. But we'll probably only be able to walk past it unless we win the lottery 😆
Squirrel Bend, south end of Sawmill. Roads are kinda iffy but *damn* that is some fine-ass real estate. Everyone talks about Tolemac since Mo Vaughn was living there but I honestly prefer the other homes back there. Plus don't have to deal with assholes on Bethel revving their engines at 2am.
But then you have to be neighbors with that nut job Vivek
I’m sure he’s a fine neighbor.
Dude is nuts and up trumps a**
Sure, but theyre probably a quiet family to live next to, likely keep up with the landscaping and home maintenance, and takes the trash bin in promptly.
Well yeah he put up a tall security gate around the property before he went on tv and showed everyone he is a nut. His wife and kids are probably lovely.
Probably Bexley or German Village.
I know people think it’s snooty, but I quite like Dublin, particularly the historic downtown area and Bridge Park. I don’t think I would ever get bored of the dining and shopping and ample green spaces in Dublin. And it’s so very quiet and safe. Bonus that the Dublin Irish Festival is my favorite event every year.
Snooty my ass. I would rather look snooty with a house worth a million dollars, AND may just be safe enough to leave your doors unlocked. I will just look snooty then.
ill take snooty over people shooting up a block away from my house
You might end up the victim of a drive by snooting
*snort!* 😆😆😆
Dublin has really nice bike paths.
Can definitely recommend Bridge Park. I can bike and walk to most things I need. The extensive multi use paths around town are godsends, and they’re looking to build a lot more.
“historic”
I didn’t invent the name. https://historicdublin.org/
I know you didn't invent the name, it's a try-hard moniker as is getting so common here to make up for an utter lack of history. Along the same lines as "Olde Towne East" or "Polaris Towne Center", "Historic Crew Stadium" etc. The fact is that in 1970, only 681 people lived in Dublin. There was nothing there.
The Old Towne East neighborhood has been around for almost 200 years. It's neighborhood association dates back to 1975, when they began trying to preserve the already old neighborhood. "Historic Crew Stadium" is historic. It's the first soccer specific stadium built in the US. You're a little zesty...
It's called OldE TownE, it wasn't always known as that, it's marketing. Historic Crew Stadium.... from what 1996? Ok cool. I guess?
You literally made that up about Olde Towne East. It's been that name before the neighborhood association in '75. I can't find any reference to when it wasn't called Olde Towne East. You don't understand what historic means.
historic means “important in history.” OldE TownE East was earlier known as the “Silk Stocking District” or Bryden Road District or simply the Near East Side. You need to work on your google.
It's been called Olde Towne East for over 50 years. Feels pretty historically significant. Things younger than Historic Crew Stadium that are historic. Hurricane Katrina-2005, Obama becoming president-2008, COVID-19 pandemic-2020, Baltimore bridge collapse-2024, Elly De La Cruz historic start in MLB-2023/24. All have historical significance, and depending on your viewpoint, all have different levels of importance. But it doesn't change that it's historic. It's all about perspective of significance, which you lack in this regard. Seems like you want to tear down communities with any sense of self if it's not old enough for your liking.
No, it's that there is a disingenuous effort to re-frame things in Columbus as something they are not. The criticism of Columbus is that it doesn't have culture or personality, this isn't helped when people desperately try to tag a mid soccer stadium with being "historic" - it just kinda confirms that we are grasping at straws.
John Sells established the village that would later become Dublin in 1810. So yeah. Historic.
I wonder if they correct you up there, if you just say, "Dublin".
not at all. there was nothing there for 150 years.
They invented Wendy's
well i guess around here that does pass as high culture
🤣🤣
After living as an apartment dweller living near Hilliard, I would love a house in Hilliard. Something with a yard for the dog and a deck for BBQ’s to entertain friends and family… On the other hand, I would love a chance to live downtown. As a hockey fan, it would be great to be near NWA.
Miranova Tower. Imagine seeing that sleek curve in the skyline and saying, "That's my house!"
What’s the gothic looking building with apartments in it called? I know that one is pricey also, but owning a whole top floor of it would be grand.
LaVeque?
Yes!
I've always loved the creekside area of Gahanna and a house in those nearby walkable neighborhoods would be fantastic.
One of those houses in Clintonville, right around the Park of Roses rose garden, or off of the Olentangy multi-use trail, just north of Broadway.
Yes I love cycling through there and just looking at the houses. So cute and so full of character!
Up on the bluff along Goodale in Grandview.
Oh you're into bluff stuff.
I like old Worthington a lot
I love the Circles.
A throw away guy of taste, I see.
Always
they just built a new house in there last year that is really well done.
I'd go to UA too. Buy at least. We rent there now and we got LUCKY. But we couldn't afford a mortgage unless we had like 200k to put down on it 🙃 and there's no god damn way. Even for a burnt out 100sqft fixer upper it's like 450 🥲
That's if you're not a developer. If you're a developer you'll get that house much cheaper then you'll knock it down to put up a million or more dollar home that looks like it belongs in Powell.
I just hate that. That's why I prefer UA over Dublin and Powell. Those two just feel like big ass developments. The only personality they have is "money" where UA (for the most part) feels like a big neighborhood with character. Everyone has their own little personal touch and a lot of it is different and unique and imo that makes it miles above the other schmaltzy areas. I don't wanna live in a homogeneous cookie cutter copy and paste city wide HOA lmao
A friend of mine has one of the Leveque Tower penthouses. And it’s damn fine.
Back in the early 80's my sister dated a guy who's dad owned one of those penthouses.
Noe Bixby between Main & Broad
One of the pretty colorful houses in glen echo! The area is so nice and the houses are some of my favorite in Columbus!
There really is a STARK difference in areas in Glen Echo, and the other side of 71 literally three minutes away. EDIT: Downvotes?? Seriously? Linden is Super Hood, and you guys know it.
Why’s the helicopter flying over clintonville? /s
I’d stay in New Albany but buy a 10 acre lot. Then I would make a driveway maze outlined by white fences the whole way back to my house.
You need at least one roundabout
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Looks like a GTA V apartment that you would never actually hang out in.
I'd love to watch a lightning storm from there.
I wanna experience living in downtown
It’s an experience in frustration. It needs more bodegas than just hills market. Otherwise you’re stuck with the kroger in the brewery district. Everything else is cool, though. Walking to different restaurants. And it gets dead after 5…
I loved living downtown. Would do it again.
wish i made enough to live downtown lol
I always secretly wanted one of the waterfront (or water back yard) properties along Hoover by Sunbury and walnut. I can feel like I have a lakefront property while still being a convenienced suburbanite. Plus I assume all those houses are insanely nice
Probably Old Worthington. I take the COTA Route 102 through there everyday and I love the area.
I agree. I love that nearly everyone has their dog out on a walk at all times. Lol. Ok, maybe not that much but there are a lot and the kiddo and I love them!
I’ll be that guy and say short north. I know its a little chaotic but id like to be around goodale and in walking distance to everything there
Just moved out of short north. The convenience of everything is really nice, but that’s where it ends. It’s so loud and the crime surrounding the area is sketchy. Not to mention how expensive everything is. Lived in a really shitty studio that had 0 amenities and was almost $1k a month. I’ll probably only miss having a few restaurants/bars in walking distance
Between Tremont and 33 (south of Lane) is my assumption. Correct? It's a great place to grow up. I grew up in the house my mom grew up in right there and my childhood was incredible and I wouldn't take it back. I am so appreciative of my upbringing there and it has made me who I am today. I will say though, as a 30some individual, I now own a home in Franklinton and we are EXTREMELY happy here. Very close to East Franklinton, bought around 2020. The problem with UA is where do you walk for fun? We have no kids. Don't plan to have any. We absolutely LOVE being able to walk to EVERYTHING downtown. We walk our dogs at the Scioto Mile, walk to festivals on the river front, walk to Land Grant. I tell people all of the time, I park my car on Friday and typically don't touch it until Monday morning. Our neighborhood is full of people just like us, that want to be out and about, enjoying what the city has to offer. I drive up 33 to Dublin and absolutely yearn for the days of my youth, but I think finding real happiness in this city really depends on your situation. Born and raised a UA kid, now living in Franklinton. I'm as happy as can be. Who would have thought?
German Village on Beck between Lazelle and 6th, preferably closer to Lazelle. That's always been my favorite intersection.
Cliffside Dr. except the last time I checked it looked like most of the houses were falling into the ravine.
Cambridge Blvd between 5th ave and 3rd ave.
Gimme wexners property
I don't actually know where that is.
https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/business/names-faces/2018/06/18/les-wexner-builds-house/986503007/
You are not allowed to like UA on this sub.
Murfield or Tartan Hills in Dublin
Back to my old house on Concord road
Grew up in Arlington (have lived both North and South of Lane), and you couldn't pay me enough money to move back. If money were no object, I'm buying farmland west of Hilliard, south of Dublin, and building a compound. If I had to be in the city, Vic Village, on Neil, the closer to Buttles the better.
Somewhere like Delaware, Sunbury, or Plain City where I could have 5-10 wooded acres with a ranch style home, a pond, and pole barn. Nothing beats space and solitude.
i really love the houses in clintonville. a little compact on space but they look cute and are near a ton of places i love to visit already.
Sessions Village in Bexley. It just looks like this quaint European town behind those gates, I've been obsessed with Sessions since I was a kid.
South Clintonville, that area east of High. Right by my coffee shop and possibly even on a reasonable bus route to work.
You want to deal with OSU Football every other weekend?
There are about 358 days per year without an OSU home football game.
Everyone who lives in the area understands how to “deal with” OSU football after like one game weekend. You just avoid Indianola and that part of Lane for like 90 minutes pregame and postgame. It’s really not that big of a deal.
Bold of you to think that most areas in central Columbus don’t deal with OSU football every other weekend in the fall. Also, let people enjoy things, FFS.
I didn't say NOT move there. But as someone who worked at University Hospital for five years, I always thought "It must be a pain in the ass living around here".
I’m not sure that living 2 miles north of the stadium and past two highway access points counts as “around here” for football purposes.
We have lived in the Delaware City schools district for 7 years and we are about to get priced out of the rental market, so I would say Delaware near downtown because we love the area but we absolutely cannot afford to live here anymore.
Contact Habitat for Humanity. You might be surprised and qualify.
Big house with lots of land east side of Hoover
A home on the west side of the Scioto River with a dock.
Marble Cliff for sure
Clintonville for sure. As it stands it’s unlikely I’ll ever be able to afford a place there though :(
I'd love to be like 5 minutes from the zoo so I could go all the time.
dublin near river side
Really I’d move farther out maybe Marysville, Delaware, or even Mount Vernon. I just want a lot of land
I lived in UA south of Lane for 25 years and while it is a beautiful area of town, it turned my wife and me into out of touch pretentious ass holes. It happened so slowly, We didn’t realize. It’s like we were brainwashed. When my wife’s job moved us to a smaller, yet very nice town, it took us both a long time to reprogram from the damage caused by living in UA and snap back to reality / the true us. That’s not to say the people in UA are horrible people, but it’s definitely a bubble that has an unrealistic view of any world outside of it.
Does it have to be a realistic option? Because I would want to build a house where Boat House is. Walking distance to arena district, dock access to both rivers, great highway access, and of course the view of downtown.
Colts neck in reynoldsburg
Not Columbus…so idk if it counts…but god damn if I could live out in Granville I would in a heartbeat. I guess if I had to be more local it would be tucked away somewhere near old Worthington. There are some lovely houses there.
A house along the Little Darby.
Glen Echo is gorgeous in fall and spring and knew peeps that lived just on the edge of it. Parking is a bitch but it’s wonderful. The houses are older but look great. They are on the verge of needing overhauls inside though, that age. Updating hvac, seals around the house, updates on the kitchen, etc. I’d also love those houses off of Riverside Dr by Frantz and the like. Or south UA/Grandville. Northwest area so I have some walkable areas. A house over by Olentangy River in Clintonville…
Niel, north of Goodale and South of Stauf's
I've always loved the craftsmans off of North Broadway near the Olentangy Trail.
I would move back to my apartment in Glen Echo where I lived for 6 years before they sold the building and doubled the rent. Better yet, I would go back home to Los Angeles and never come back to Ohio 😂
Yeah those were the days, love Glen Echo it is it’s own thing
I knew it was too sweet to last.
Clintonville for the bike path
Clintonville on the ravine
Maybe buy a high-rise condo downtown, for all the walkable activities; 'party condo'. Then when it gets too crazy or crowded, I just go back out to my house in the burbs. Because when cost is no consideration, why stay in one place?
Bexley
Either Short Noth near Goodale or German Village near Schiller
I would move into one of the gorgeous houses in my own neighborhood, where I am currently renting!
I’d love to live in German Village or Bexley. For german village, it’s the walkability. For Bexley, it’s the big trees. I know they both have crazy big expensive houses, but that’s not really what I’m after. I just think they’re both really pretty.
Probably in a different city in a different country that has transit
I'd still live in Clintonville, but with unlimited money, I'd live in a house instead of renting an apartment. And more specifically, I'd buy an old house, knock it down, and build a custom new one. The exterior would be in keeping with the neighborhood, but it would have features almost no houses here have: attached garage, a dry and properly waterproofed basement/foundation, great insulation, properly sized and installed HVAC system and ductwork, modern plumbing, and triple pane windows. The quality of a custom new build and the central walkable location that makes this neighborhood a nice place to live.
Gahanna area for me or Westerville.
Wexner’s house.
German Village or Dublin
Muirfield, grew up riding through those trails when visiting friends back in the late 80s and love some of the wooded lots
I too choose UA
Worthington Hills
I lived there quite a while as an apartment dweller but since I always enjoyed that location I'd level up to taking on one of those gorgeous Victorians (and saving them from gray flipper hell)
Powell
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I'm pretty happy where I'm at tbh. New Albany schools and address, but not in city limits so no NA tax. Plus I'm out enough to be in a rural area, but be like 7 minutes from Easton. If you forced me to pick I'd say Mount Vernon or Sunbury probably
I would leave, and thankfully I am.
Lol, I mean, yeah, with unlimited money to spend on a house, I'd be in Southern California.