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Started 5 years ago by The Hegemo
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The Hegemo
Delusions of Grandview
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I'm just curious what the breakdown is on the board between people who come from Columbus originally and those who are from elsewhere. It seems like I really don't meet too many people here who actually grew up here.
As for me:
Born in Cincinnati, lived the first two months of my life in Wilmington, OH, then back to Cincinnati (within the city limits, CPS for K-12) until age 18 (1973-1991)
Undergrad in the small town of Canton, NY from 1991-93 and 94-95 with summers in Cincinnati.
Spent 1993-94 in Ottawa, Ontario
1995-96 in downtown Kitchener, Ontario
1996-97 back in Cincinnati
1997-2002 in Kingston, Ontario
2002-04 back in Cincinnati
January 2004 -- arrived in Columbus, have lived in the nether region claimed by neither Victorian Village nor Harrison West ever since
Although I am fairly new to Columbus myself, my father's parents grew up in Clintonville, and my father was born here, although he grew up in Washington C.H.

Posted 5 years ago #
Paul
Vancouver, BC
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Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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honavery
Arizona
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I was born in Atlanta. I lived in Greensboro, Alaska, and the U.K. over the next 4 years. Then I spent 3.5 years in Virginia Beach. Then in 1987 we moved back to the U.K. where we lived for 6 years.
After that we moved to Columbus, where I stayed until graduation. So 1993-1998. Then I went to Dayton for college from 1998-2003. Than to Chicago for a year. Then from May 2004-present I have been here.

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Ndcent
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Pickerington

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Anne
King Lincoln
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Magnolia, Ohio

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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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I was born in Terra Haute, Indiana and lived there for maybe 8 months.
Lived in Alexander City, Alabama (where most of my mom's side is from), Nashville, and Freemont, California all before starting kindergarten.
Moved to Marysville in '84 and stayed there until high school graduation in '98.
Moved to Columbus after that and spent a few summers in Alabama combined with a 6 month stint in Hilliard, but otherwise remained around downtown (campus, brewery district, german village) for nearly 10 years now.

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lifeliberty
Here
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Ohio

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vestanpance
Harrison West/at work OSU
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Born to british parents in Europe, (yes I have a green card) moved to Upper Arlington when I was a baby, lived there until 3rd grade, moved to dublin for the rest of school. College at OSU and Columbus State so yup, pretty much been living here all my life even though I can't vote :P

Posted 5 years ago #
shroud
Polaris
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Born & raised here in Columbus.
Veteran of Columbus Public Schools even!

Posted 5 years ago #
Schoolboy
Columbus
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born in pitts
spent time in ohio and in ny as a kid
went to ou for college
00 graduate, got a job offer from a company i liked, and have lived here ever since
that being said, i've traveled a lot, lived in a few places
... and i like it here

Posted 5 years ago #
dru
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born and raised in Dallas, Tx until 15
at 15 moved to Rochester, NY
undergrad in central PA
followed by @ 1.5yrs in Costa Rica
back to upstate NY for grad school
moved to Cbus in 2000 and have lived in IV ever since
wife is from suburban Ann Arbor/Detroit
undergrad at MSU
followed by year in Japan
grad school in Vermont
a few years in Blacksburg, VA
moved to Cbus in 2002, first Clintonville and then IV
so we're both not from here, we both have a decent chunk of experience living elsewhere and we both actually chose Cbus and really like it

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milodesc
NJ
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i'm from central jersey.
grew up in a town called sayreville. went to college in new brunswick, nj. took a job in nyc after graduation. i decided to relocate here after just over a year in nyc.

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lisathewaitress
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Walker wrote I Moved to Marysville in '84 and stayed there until high school graduation in '98.
Moved to Columbus after that and spent a few summers in Alabama combined with a 6 month stint in Hilliard, but otherwise remained around downtown (campus, brewery district, german village) for nearly 10 years now.
Walker - I didn't know you were a Marysville boy!
I am also from Marysville, although what was then the middle of nowhere, halfway between Dublin and Marysville, where they are now building the new Jerome development. But, went to school in Worthington.
Then Upstate New York, Virginia, and back to Columbus - Harrison West, Short North, German Village, Arlington, and now of course, Hudsonville (aka North University District)

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midislut
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born and raised ahia.
westerville until 12
granville until 14
london until 18
off to OU in athens until 23
back to columbus, short north for 13 years
now in worthington.

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Likes Old Houses
Harrison West
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Lived in Deersville, Ohio until I was 20, population 86. Guarantee not one of you have ever been there.
Then moved to the 43201 to go to OSU in 2000, and haven't left.

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honavery
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i decided to relocate here after just over a year in nyc.
Did you move here for a job? I'm just curious, seems most people if they have the choice to move anywhere (in the country) wouldn't pick here, especially if they've never been here (maybe you had visited). I'm not saying that they shouldn't, but that people wouldn't. Most people don't have that much freedom in choosing anyways.

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bonniefide
NE Side
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Born in Buffalo, NY...
5 yrs old - moved w/parents to Gahanna, OH
6 yrs old - moved w/parentsto Guilderland, NY (Near Albany)
7 yrs old - moved w/parents back to Gahanna, OH
8 yrs old - moved w/parents to Pataskala, OH
12 yrs old - moved w/parents to Strawberry Farms (in Columbus)
13 yrs old - moved w/parents back to Buffalo, NY
14 yrs old - moved w/parents to Marysville, OH. Lived w/my sister so that I could start school until the house in Buffalo sold & we could get an apartment in the 'ville.
17 yrs old - moved w/parents to Obetz, OH
20 yrs old - moved to my 1st apartment just above Clintonville
21 yrs old - moved back in w/the parents because I got laid off from my job and ran outta $$$.
22 yrs old - moved to Grandview w/ex psycho boyfriend... didn't last long, so...
22 yrs old - moved BACK in w/the parents. (God bless them.)
23 yrs old - moved myself to Manzanita, OR to get away from it all... lived in a hotel...
24 yrs old - moved myself & the new (at the time) husband back to Ohio. Stayed in Obetz w/the parents for 3 months, then ended up in the ghe-ttooo in Whitehall
25 yrs old - moved w/husband back in w/parents because our ghetto apartment got robbed & we was skeered to stay there. (someone had a key to our apartment. no forced entry.)
25 yrs old - After getting out of our lease in Whitehall, we were able to move to Westerville, OH...
26 yrs - moved w/husband to Clintonville, OH
NOW I am 27 (and how) we are getting our first house finally... it's near Clintonville...
Hopefully I can live there more than 1 yr.... what's scary is, i feel like i'm forgetting a move...

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vestanpance
Harrison West/at work OSU
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Walker wrote
Moved to Marysville in '84 and stayed there until high school graduation in '98.
HAH no wonder he doesn't like it when I make fun of "scarysville"

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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Haha... :P Marysville isn't all that bad. It's a little rural and a little boring, but it's pretty quickly becoming an exurb of Columbus. I had an ok time growing up there and met pretty much all of my good friends there that I'm still in touch with.
Of course, I have no desire to ever move back there. :lol:

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Alexandra477
Short North
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Houston, TX
Stamford, CT
Denver, CO
Boston, MA
Rye Brook, NY
Atlanta, GA
Minneapolis, MN
Lexington, VA
Charlottesville, VA
San Diego, CA
Madrid, Spain
...and Columbus is my favorite of them all.

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