[Commitment Watch] '22 4 star DE Mario Eugenio

[Cydkar]

I lived in Columbus for a little over 2 years after college. The obsession with Michigan was startling. And the inferiority complex was pretty funny, they so wanted the city to be thought of on the same level as Chicago. This was mid- late-90s, things may have changed. The Short North was pretty cool.

I lived in Ann Arbor when I was 2. I don't recall much animosity,

 

[IsUaClone2]

Yeah didn't mean it to be a bash on Columbus, that's just a sense I got from people when I lived there. Not a bad city. But I'd be willing to bet that, for most, Columbus is the third city that comes to mind when people hear "Ohio".

I must not be "people" because when I hear Ohio, I think of Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo. Columbus comes in after Lima in my book. My guess is that I-75 and I-80 are (at least in my mind) the main North/South and East/West corridors through Ohio and Columbus isn't on them.

 

[Gonzo]

I lived in Ann Arbor when I was 2. I don't recall much animosity,

I moved there in August, and I remember seeing local TV ads about the OSU v. Michigan game. Season hadn't even started, and it was the last game of the year. Nothing mattered other than Michigan. Also saw an old guy almost get beaten up at a restaurant by two middle-aged meatheads because he was talking to his wife about how OSU couldn't beat Michigan and apparently they didn't like it.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I moved there in August, and I remember seeing local TV ads about the OSU v. Michigan game. Season hadn't even started, and it was the last game of the year. Nothing mattered other than Michigan. Also saw an old guy almost get beaten up at a restaurant by two middle-aged meatheads because he was talking to his wife about how OSU couldn't beat Michigan and apparently they didn't like it.

I-80 is only far northern part of OH, I-75 is only on the western portion of the state. I-71 is the main N/S. Connects all 3 C cities. I-70 runs E/W through the middle of the state.

 

[Cyclonsin]

I-80 is only far northern part of OH, I-75 is only on the western portion of the state. I-71 is the main N/S. Connects all 3 C cities. I-70 runs E/W through the middle of the state.

By all 3 C cities I assume you mean Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Canton? To echo what someone else has said, I think Columbus is the 5th city I think of when I hear Ohio. And I spent a long weekend there once. Granted, I've lived my whole life in WI/IA/MN.

 

[werdnamanhill]

Columbus is the largest city in Ohio

 

[Neptune78]

I am a Midwestern Buckeye born and raised in The Great State of Ohio. I have never, until today, heard any Ohioan want Columbus to be like Chicago, or even care about Chicago....

You've got to keep in mind that this first was from a hok fan. We've heard a lot of 'firsts' come from that fan group.

 

[83cy]

Columbus is the largest city in Ohio

Cincinnati is the largest metro area. Seems Columbus annexed a lot of land so they have smaller/fewer suburbs.

 

[jcyclonee]

50 years ago, Cleveland was a legitimate big metro area, 10th in the country in population. It is now 34th in population. It's scary how many people have been leaving Ohio. Maybe @Gunnerclone is on to something moving there when everybody else is leaving. He'll have his choice of dilapidated factories which he can convert to artists lofts or breweries.

 

[srjclone]

Every time I hear about the "rise" of Columbus (booming industry, population, etc.) my first thought always go to Ready Player One and the center-of-the-country that the city became. Even more so than I link it to OSU. Don't know why, but my brain won't not do it.

 

[Gunnerclone]

50 years ago, Cleveland was a legitimate big metro area, 10th in the country in population. It is now 34th in population. It's scary how many people have been leaving Ohio. Maybe @Gunnerclone is on to something moving there when everybody else is leaving. He'll have his choice of dilapidated factories which he can convert to artists lofts or breweries.

Columbus isn’t built on manufacturing like Cleveland. It’s more like Des Moines; insurance and being the seat of state government, plus tOSU.

 

[jcyclonee]

Columbus isn’t built on manufacturing like Cleveland. It’s more like Des Moines; insurance and being the seat of state government, plus tOSU.

So it's the least Ohio of the Ohio cities?

 

[Gunnerclone]

So it's the least Ohio of the Ohio cities?

Correct. It’s by far the most “typically Midwestern” Ohio city.

Cleveland: Former Soviet Republic
Cincinnati: Missouri
Dayton: Small Indianapolis

 

[nfrine]

Columbus isn’t built on manufacturing like Cleveland. It’s more like Des Moines; insurance and being the seat of state government, plus tOSU.

Pretty bullet proof economy. Government, higher education, and insurance.

 

[jcyclonee]

Correct. It’s by far the most “typically Midwestern” Ohio city.

Cleveland: Former Soviet Republic
Cincinnati: Missouri
Dayton: Small Indianapolis

I'll be in Cleveland later this summer. I hope that I don't end up in a Gulag.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I'll be in Cleveland later this summer. I hope that I don't end up in a Gulag.

Cleveland is actually turning around, to it’s credit it’s the most “big city” city in Ohio.

 

[Gerbs]

So……. Eugenio. Coming to the good guys?

 

[CYCLNST8]

So……. Eugenio. Coming to the good guys?

Ha ha! Who?

 

[EJ4CY]

my bet michigan

 

[Nader_uggghhh]

How has the chief of the thread police not seen this? Lol