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That's the Watergate Hotel.

They could be refugees and asylees that came from other countries through the UK and Canada.

This IS Columbus.

^ Yes, a lot of people have Cincinnati addresses, yet live in a township -- even people in Clermont County. A friend of mine's parents are like that.

SW Ohio is the radar detector capital of the world. Most of the top radar detector companies are either in Cincinnati or Dayton.

^ "obsolete buildings".

I think our state desperately wants it to be 1964 and will keep acting like it's 1964 until a) everyone leaves or b) it is 1964 again.

This is the Columbus that I know.

No actual mount in Mt. Sterling.

I must say that I wasn't being completely serious.

yeah, there's not much around north, other than houses. but county line road is 35/45, which goes to every north/south arterial in westerville. not sure which way you went. i would suggest going uptown. also, the whole altair development soon will be a walking friendly place with a promenade, offices, restaurants, etc: I got off 270 at 3C Highway, went east on Schrock (which quickly degenerated into awful '70s subdivision hell), then went north on Spring Rd. into an even more disturbing section before going east on County Line. I did see a few people "power walking" to nowhere. That's the funny part about sprawl -- people have to drive long distances to do anything, yet when they get home, they have to walk around aimlessly in order to still get walking in that day. And people wonder why they have no time. Alright, I've gone off-topic enough; maybe I should cut and paste this rant in the sprawl thread.

^I just drove through Westerville to do an autocross at Westerville North HS, and did not like it. I ended up having to drive through miles of just houses at 25mph to get there. There were no businesses, nothing to walk to. I've since found a better route. I was scared.

^ If LeBron leaves we could pull a snatch while their defenses are down.

Really, I thought it would be much worse in the newest sprawl such as Powell, Grove City, Hillard and Canal.

I like Lithopolis. It's old and fairly unmolested.

Big Idear: I think we should use this thread to compare rates, service and whatnot of the various banks, credit unions and other financial institutions in Ohio -- without giving up too much personal information, of course. We'll get filthy rich! or something

^ I've noticed a lot of advertising from Cincinnati USA here in Columbus lately.

Well, this is basically what I expected, except even older. I didn't think there were going to be so many 1800s structures, considering how "new" Ohio is compared to say, Pennsylvania. I guess that I'm not surprised that 1931-1960 isn't popular since not much got built during the Depression and WWII. My dwelling was built in 1921.

I would die in the South. I hate heat and humidity.

Oh man, the popped collar thing was instantly identified as douchebaggery, unlike the mullet which took 20 years to be demonized as white trashy.

I'm curious to see how the age of UO members' housing compares to the national average. That number is only 33 years (2005)! It is rising, though, for it was between 23-27 years between 1940 and 1990. Source for numbers: http://www.realestatejournal.com/buysell/markettrends/20050322-ford.html

Maybe they are referring to their Mii character on their Nintendo Wii.

^ Wow. Only 144,000 people live in Santa Fe. Yet in less than 3 years it's at the 2 million passenger mark.

^ I just saw on the Columbus news that the current casino petition is in trouble due to a signature gatherer lying and saying that Youngstown would get a casino under the current proposal even though it will not. I believe the AG is getting involved. What someone did was use their cell phone camera to catch the guy in the act, then posted it on YouTube. There are certainly consequences for misrepresenting petition language.

Yes, it seems like pharmacists get into it to work at the big hospitals in NYC but end up at the West Union Kroger in Adams County. Not that it's a bad job or lifestyle, but if you are single and want to go out and meet people...