ehill27
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Ohioans like Columbus best, poll finds
Business First
Monday, May 21, 2012, 10:15am EDT
Columbus is the apple of Ohioans’ eyes... The city is viewed favorably by 57 percent of Ohio voters, the most of any of Ohio’s most prominent cities, according to a Public Policy Polling survey.
READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/05/21/ohioans-like-columbus-best-poll-finds.html
Buster Bluth
Columbus, OH
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"Columbus was followed by Cincinnati, Dayton, Canton, Akron, Toledo and Cleveland, based on their favorability scores."
I assume those are in order? It's astonishing how bad of a reputation Toledo and Cleveland have, even among Ohioans. It's quite sad really.
Pickerington_Kyle
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JonMyers
HCMC, Vietnam ✈
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I've had friends visit me in Columbus whose only (unfavorable) impression of Ohio was Cleveland. Needless to say those friends impression of Ohio changed positively after spending time in Columbus.
Personally, I like some of the amenities more in Cinncinatti, but I don't dig the culture there. Too country for me.
I like some of the amenities in Cleveland, but the culture there is weak. Too defeated.
Columbus hits a sweet spot in my opinion and is definitely the best city in Ohio, and one of the best cities in the Midwest.
Pickerington_Kyle
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I have family that lives in New York, Parkersburg, Texas, Phoenix, and Baltimore, and when they come in to Columbus they love how easy the airport is, the low volume of traffic, Ohio State Sports, Short North, Food, and the weather.
Analogue Kid
Olentangy West
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FoodFort
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I say keep polling away. I think Columbus wins subjectively and objectively. Anyone not putting Cleveland as the number 2 needs to take a trip with me: Ohio City, Velvet Tango Room, West Side Market, great museums, Coventry and a city of neighborhoods that has a lot or character and spunk.
For small towns - Athens and Yellow Springs rock the house and would be my number 3 and 4 choices for Ohio.
The points against Columbus: The Buckeye Football cultism and poor public transportation.
Neil Jaye
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Pickerington_Kyle said:
I have family that lives in New York, Parkersburg, Texas, Phoenix, and Baltimore, and when they come in to Columbus they love how easy the airport is, the low volume of traffic, Ohio State Sports, Short North, Food, and the weather.
The weather though? Really?
FoodFort said:
The points against Columbus: The Buckeye Football cultism and poor public transportation.
Agreed.
buckeye54
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Neil Jaye said:
The weather though? Really?
I can see the weather point of view.After spending alot of time in texas and arizona over the years,I can say I definitely prefer the weather in columbus.Way way too hot in the summer for me.My brothers girlfriend is from texas and also prefers columbus way over texas's weather. Also columbus's weather is generally much milder than alot of new york state and the upper midwest/east coast in the winter as well. I think people outside of ohio think all of the state gets the lake effect of cleveland.In fact my brother in law lives in raleigh and there really hasn't been much difference in the weather over the last year in comparison which was surprising to me.
Pickerington_Kyle
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bucki12
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85% of the survey takers were white and 42% aged 46 to 65.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_OH_051812.pdf
"Aging White Ohioans Like Columbus Best"
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