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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Finster" data-source="post: 3681011" data-attributes="member: 17572">I moved to Dallas from Columbus three years ago, so take this with a grain of salt...Campus area housing SUCKS! Unless you're very into the drunken party scene and rampant crime (I'm looking at you Chittenden Ave).  DO NOT look for housing in the Old Towne East area no matter how quaint or affordable. I lived there for a year and feared for my life and property every day.North of the campus area is not too bad. I lived on Karl near the outer-belt. Never had any trouble. My fiancee lived in the Oak Village apartments and liked it. Later, we were fortunate enough to find a fairly affordable duplex in the German Village area, but it was a total fluke. The housing prices there are astronomical. Both of us are OSU grads and drove to school every day. The commute was nothing, and the neighborhood is fantastic, or as they say in German Village, "FaaaBulous".  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Columbus has some pretty well thought out highways too, so feel free to look around the periphery of the city. The commute won't kill you.As far as restaurants and culture goes...Check it out! Columbus has a pretty happening art scene. The short north gallery district (the area near the convention center) is awesome! They have gallery walks on a regular basis. Also, German Village is a great place to walk around and see some neat stuff. My favorite hang-out was the Cup-O-Joe/Book loft.You must eat at Scmidt's, it is required. Also check out (in no particular order): Thurman Cafe (awesome burgers), the Mohawk (nice atmosphere), CapCity Diner (and other Cameron Mitchell endeavors), Columbus Fish Market (pricey but very good), Spain (European Spanish quisine), the Goody Boy Diner on High street (for an authentic diner experience), Planks Pizza on High street (just damn good pizza), and El Vaquero (surprisingly good Mexican).You might also want to check out some of the area parks. Ohio is home to two world class amusement parks, King's Island and Cedar Point. King's Island is more of a theme park, and Cedar Point has lots of sweet rides. If nature is your thing try a day trip to the Hocking Hills with the kids. Oh and don't forget C.O.S.I., although last time I went it was expensive.As far as gaming stores go, I think the Gaurd Tower is the largest, if not the only game shop in town. There is (was) Ravenstone up on Karl road, and a game store on High street behind the Laughing Ogre comic shop, but I can't remember its name (damn old age).I'm going to stop now before I exceed some kind of post length limit. I hope this was informative.</blockquote>

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