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I see these everywhere now. What is the purpose? Are they just supposed to look nice, or does it warn blind people that they are at an intersection?

It's hard to believe how much Pickerington has changed in the past 10 years. It is still hard for me to believe that along with Violet Township, it is somewhere around 34-40k people. I don't know the exact boundaries when I drive around, but there still seems to be endless farmland to expand into. At least communities like Gahanna for the most part have only a few areas that they need to concentrate on for managing growth compared to their Fairfield Co. counterparts. I think a couple years ago the city of Pickerington tried to put a couple year moratorium on new housing builds within the city limits in order to let the schools actually breath and the city to regroup for better planning. They unfortunally got sued by the BIA (Building Industry Association) and lost, and now the city is getting plowed over by all types of developers just wanting to make a quick buck off of the quiet community and good schools card. Of course it doesn't help that the city and township don't cooperate on much of anything and have no idea that they should work together on managing growth. In cases such as this, where growth is costing the current citizens a lot of money and is puttting a strain on resources, you would think that the fringe suburbs would team up with the core cities they are hooked to. Urban infill and more regional planning seem like they would be in not just Columbus's interests but also the outer communities

I've Lived near Columbus (in Pickerington) for 12 years, but this will now be my fourth and final year as a gamecock in Columbia, SC--- school has been awesome, but it's about time to get the hell out of the South!! :wave:

I have been in Europe for 6 months now, and a lot of people I tell I'm from Ohio seem to confuse it with either Iowa or Idaho. I never thought that they would sound so similar to non-native English speakers. And when they know I'm talking about Ohio, they almost always think it is somewhere in the western part of the Midwest. I think telling people that it has about 11-12 million people is pretty impressive considering it is not a state that everyone is familiar with, yet that is a bigger population than a lot of countries have themselves.

Sir Mix A Lot's remake of "Jump On It" gives a shoutout to Cleveland, Cincinnati, and even Columbus-- we should truly be honored :-P Not really an Ohio theme because he names just about every other city in the country, but oh well.