What do you like about, Columbus, IN.

Is it a nice town, warm, pretty, nice parks, lake, mall?

Good hospitals, doctors, newspaper, wal-mart, fast food, is it a small town, horse country, a fun place?

Good schools, a zoo, do people lock their doors, does everyone know everyone, do they have a yearly fair?

Do you like living in Columbus?
The Amish, are they in Columbus?
Has the recession hit the town? Does the town have certain trees or flowers they are known for? Do lots of people have gardens? Do lots of people have swimming pools? Where can a person gamble?

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I live near Sacramento, Ca. Very hot on Sunday 104*we lock our doors. Don't know any Amish. Some have horses.
We have a small zoo. Don't really feel recession. Tons have pools, many malls. There are many vacant building, like mini malls that are closed so recession may have hurt some. Taho & Reno are couple hours away. I"m sitting here thinking *your town is prob the same as mine.

Thanks for any information you can give me!

I lived there in '69 and part of '70 - Different world then - Still visit frequently - No problems-Great car shows-Colder'n a titches witty in the winter - Great place -

Knowitall9 wrote:

I lived there in '69 and part of '70 - Different world then - Still visit frequently - No problems-Great car shows-Colder'n a titches witty in the winter - Great place -

Hey knowitall, Thanks for talking to me. It's funny but I was thinking that if anyone answered me it would be you. I saw your name a couple of times on the blog.
So do you visit C? Do you live close to Columbus?
How many hospitals?

Do you have an old car? I have a PTCruzer. Looks like an old car but new parts.

osarah wrote:

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Hey knowitall, Thanks for talking to me. It's funny but I was thinking that if anyone answered me it would be you. I saw your name a couple of times on the blog.
So do you visit C? Do you live close to Columbus?
How many hospitals?
Do you have an old car? I have a PTCruzer. Looks like an old car but new parts.

I live in Ky., right on top of the lake in Burnside - Had and still have family in that region - Visit a few times a year - The town has really changed since '66 - I came back in middle of '69 and enjoyed myself for about 18 mos - Then I quit the speed and sobered up and came home - Absolutely love that place in the summer , Brown Co. Park , car shows , cold beer ,- Don't know about hospitals since the flood -( Check threads )- Had a nephew from Jonesville got burned bad and was sent to Wisher Hospital in Indianapolis - No old cars now , but my son has a '68 -'72 Chevy p/u and a '45 chevy p/u (disasembled with 8,900 actual documented miles ), for sale - Guess I got too old - Trying to part out my last one -(earlier posts)- P T 's would be ok , if they had v-6's or small blocks - Could be built tough with Chevy stuff - For more interesting B S and other subjects , click on Somerset ,Ky. Topix - My posts are legendary - Peace -

Read about 95 ways to tell your from Columbus here http://columbus1.ath.cx/index.php... its actually more now and we would love to hear your ways.

I would like to get ahold of Phil Longenecker in Columbus..yum!

osarah wrote:

Is it a nice town, warm, pretty, nice parks, lake, mall?
Good hospitals, doctors, newspaper, wal-mart, fast food, is it a small town, horse country, a fun place?
Good schools, a zoo, do people lock their doors, does everyone know everyone, do they have a yearly fair?
Do you like living in Columbus?
The Amish, are they in Columbus?
Has the recession hit the town? Does the town have certain trees or flowers they are known for? Do lots of people have gardens? Do lots of people have swimming pools? Where can a person gamble?
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I live near Sacramento, Ca. Very hot on Sunday 104*we lock our doors. Don't know any Amish. Some have horses.
We have a small zoo. Don't really feel recession. Tons have pools, many malls. There are many vacant building, like mini malls that are closed so recession may have hurt some. Taho & Reno are couple hours away. I"m sitting here thinking *your town is prob the same as mine.
Thanks for any information you can give me!

well i have lived in this town for 31 yrs..(all my life) and i will answer ur ?'s...most ppl think it is a nice town.. not much to do here after about 10pm or so...warm in the summer.. ok down right HOT in the summer.. parks are ok.. brown co.state park awsome.. no real big lakes.. yea i guess some parts of town are pretty.. we have 2 malls if u wanna say that.. they are totally DESTROYING the old mall witch is a shame...a good hospital...hahahaha.. not fit for a dog.. u have to diagonise urself befor u even go in there.. then they still get it wrong..there are some ok doc's here..newpaper is good.. 2 walmarts...and there supercenters..lol... there is pretty much 2 of every fast food places here..if not more...not to much of a small town anymore if it ever really was... lots of horses in the country.. no amish.. but there is amish in a few towns over... not so much a fun place.. some say schools are good.. i beg to differ...zoo is about an hour away.. its kool there tho... most ppl lock there doors.. we have lots of idoits here in town... for the most part ev1 knows ev1.. if they have lived here more then 5-10yrs or so...yes we have a yearly fair.. it actually starts in like 2 days..i hate living here..but allmy family lives here for the most part and i cant leave them.. and my mom is buryed here and cant leave her.. yes the ressecion has hit here.. more then some would like to admit... dont know about the trees and flowers thing... yea lots of ppl have gardens.. i guess in the richer parts of town are more pools... depends on ur type of gambeling.. we have a couple places here to play cards.. euchre and texas hold em.. but to go to the gambeling boat.. i think closes place is shelbyville and its like 1-1 1/2 hours away.. nice place.. there are like 4 more gambeling boats around.. a lil ferther from here tho.. hope that answered ur ?'s.. if u wanna check out our newspaper u can go to .. www.therepublic.com

Y'all hava beer on me - make you feel better -

Well let me start off by saying the newspaper is one of the biggest liars, they are crooked and only publish what they want whether its news or not, and most of the time they don't publish the news that needs to be told.

Want to read their paper for free visit http://columbus1.ath.cx/index.php... and you will be set to see the actual daily paper without paying for it.

I live in Columbus but I'm originally from Sacramento, CA. This place is nice and yeah, the recession has it this place pretty damn hard. It's perfect to raise kids at and like many smaller towns, after an X amount of time of being here everyone knows you or knows of you. I'm actually moving back to Sacramento here in about a month but overall, this place ain't bad at all. It's all how you go about your life and live it. And yeah, like many different places, we have our share of dingbats and crumb snatchers (thieves and element) but nothing to make this place bad. If you wanna move a relatively affordable town with at least some of everything, this is the spot.

bigred1983 wrote:

I live in Columbus but I'm originally from Sacramento, CA. This place is nice and yeah, the recession has it this place pretty damn hard. It's perfect to raise kids at and like many smaller towns, after an X amount of time of being here everyone knows you or knows of you. I'm actually moving back to Sacramento here in about a month but overall, this place ain't bad at all. It's all how you go about your life and live it. And yeah, like many different places, we have our share of dingbats and crumb snatchers (thieves and element) but nothing to make this place bad. If you wanna move a relatively affordable town with at least some of everything, this is the spot.

hahaha this place nice.. dont make me laugh...lol.. hahahahaha nice place to raise kids...ur funny... this place we call columbus is hell.. if it is such a good place y u moving??..lol.. i can tell ur not origanally from here.. bc no one that is origanally from here would say good things about this place... ev1 is entiled to there opinion so that is urs but it makes me laugh.. lol

If Columbus is such a bad place, why do so many people graduated from HS here, go away to college and then move back to raise their families. I've lived all over and have never lived in a place where there are so many boomerang kids. It speaks to how nice this place really is for raising families.

This I know everyone person needs a one way ticket out of here, your mind "ain't" right.

lmao yes my mind is perfect thank u.. i have lived here all my life.. i know the true part of columbus ya know the "non rich" part of here .. u must only know a small portion of ppl here.. bc most ppl are tryin to GET OUT and NOT come back.. lmaoooooo

I grew up in a crappy Indiana town and instead of pissing and moaning about how horrible it was ... guess what I did ... I LEFT! People that whine about how horrible a place is after living here for their entire lives and stay into adulthood get what they deserve, miserable lives. You're not being held hostage in Columbus honey bunny .. do the town a favor and leave.

Does anyone remember the brothel that was located on California street...?

lol. i dont rember it.. but i went to look at an apartment that is there now.. and was told about it.. i never knew there was one here.. lol.. and "nonsense buster" for ur info im NOT ur hunny bunny.. and i do have damn near my WHOLE family here im not a cold hearted person that i can just up and leave my family. i just lost my mom a couple years back and she was the reason i stayed her. it is hard to leave everything i know my fiance and all. we are talkin about movin when we get ya know the thing u need to move MONEY so know ur facts before u butt into a convo about sumthing u know nothing about

Columbusind wrote:

Does anyone remember the brothel that was located on California street...?

What years ??

I lived in Columbus when I was 40 for 3 years .It was fine by me. I regret leaving ,but thats life.
Give it a try, thats what I did, nothing is forever so you can leave if you dont like it.
No one else can tell you you wont like it, go for it, thats what I did and still have the fondest memories .

people that make a choice to stay in a town that they can't stand and do nothing but whine and moan about how horrible it is make me want to vomit.

Don't weenie whine about how bad it is in Columbus, because it's not. You CHOSE to stay here because of your family and that's fine, but the town had nothing to do with that decision.

Get out or shut up.

lmao get out or shut up. im cracking up.. lmao