I adore Columbus. I am a musician and am very fortunate to live in a city with enough performing and playing opportunities to make a living. The cost of living in Columbus is phenomenal. I own a beautiful home that in a larger city would be absolutely out of my price range.

I’m proud to be a resident of Columbus, Ohio!

Let’s not act like Ohioians should compare their capital city to some place like Colorado Springs, because it DOESNT compare.

The short north that “30 years ago you fled from with your foot on the gas”, 30 years ago, was, yes, a bit of a seedy stretch, but it was inhabited by its owners, earning a mostly honest living. Along came Campus Partners to “revitalize” the area, and as if by magic, those owner-operator businesses who refused to sell, all burned to the ground. Outlying communities get annexed into Columbus proper, by having their water and sewer systems shut off, until they vote to accept annexation. Historic sites that the citizens overwhelmingly vote to have preserved, are razed to put in parking for commercial interests, while “make it look good to the traveler” “public works” are undertaken even over overwhelming opposition from the citizens. The list goes on. This city has an appealing veneer, and, genuinely some nice things that have come from polishing the veneer, but underneath, there’s a malevolent rotten core that’s every bit as corrupt as any.

I don’t however agree with the article’s implication that it snows a lot in Columbus. Granted, it did just snow some over the holidays when the author visited. But I’m from Central Pennsylvania…it definitely does not snow much in Columbus.

Best wishes to Colorado Springs!