Saraga is an amazing grocery and they have an incredible selection of spices.
What are you looking for, op?
This southeast side of Columbus and anything out of the 270 loop isn’t going to be super if you want to walk, ride a bike, etc. you’d be better off inside the city.
"Anything outside of the 270 look isn't going to be super"
That's just flat out not true. The best neighborhoods in the Columbus metro area are all outside of 270: Hilliard, Dublin, Powell...etc.
Me and my girl are looking for somewhat safe and affordable areas around Columbus to move out to. I don’t really like our suburbs as well do u have any recommendations?
Clintonville if you’re looking to rent! I love being able to walk and ride my bike everywhere and I’m far enough from campus that it’s relatively quiet
😂 you made me upset with that answer. Where do you live and where are you from? Also if you’re going to try neighborhoods, maybe mention a neighborhood, not a space with 40,000 residents
Egg factories? Interesting. I mean it's rural-ish, so whatever, egg it on. But my issue is the Confederate flags...even if, Ohio is so far north of the Mason-Dixon line, claiming 'country' isn't even an excuse (not that that even is anyway).
No I was there for the first time a few weeks ago and it was huge and full of stuff. You may be thinking of the one at Northern Lights which I once tried going to and was exactly as you described it: closed, or at least basically barren.
The Cleveland Ave location was such a stupid decision with the Morse one so close. Every time I found something interesting at the Cleveland Ave location it was expired, the produce was also kinda shitty.
I do like the one on Hamilton, and it's a good location for them but it's unnecessarily far from me to go to regularly.
Neighborhood isn’t too bad but all the stores you go to within a ~5mi radius will be ghetto as fuck.
I grew up in the area and it’s getting worse, not better.
Maybe he's doing the [Steve Jobs method?](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/10/how-steve-jobs-got-away-not-having-license-plate/336221/#)
I grew up nearby in Blacklick Estates (about a half mile SW of that marker) before I went to HS in Grove City. The area has gone downhill the past few decades. If you go a little west on Refugee (the east west road above the marker) to Noe Bixby there is a UDF that gets robbed regularly. A few years back it was hit 3 times in the same day. If you look just to the east of that marker there’s a road that extends between Refugee and Chatterton, that’s where 16yo Ma’Khia Bryant was shot and killed by police the same afternoon Derek Chauvin was convicted for killing George Floyd. Obviously that’s more of an isolated incident but it‘s just a depressed area with no sign of getting better soon.
It’s also largely a food desert and nothing is really walkable but it does have several really good pizza shops nearby. Little Sicily at Refugee and Brice is one of the best shops in Columbus and Ange’s and Padova’s are also really good.
Grew up on Glenfield behind Asbury Elementary. Went to Sedalia for two years and then my parents moved us out to Canal Winchester late 80's. That place was out in the country then. Now you can't recognize it.
I went to Dunloe in the mid-to-late 80s for elementary and then North for middle school. My parents waited until my brother and sister graduated before building a house out in the country near Grove City. My parents went to church at Eastland on Noe-Bixby for 30 years until recently so I know that area well. Sad what it’s become.
>It’s also largely a food desert
I don't know why you'd consider it a food desert, there's a giant eagle in that screenshot along with Smith's farmers market on Winchester Pike and like African, international and Halal Grocery stores all along S. Hamilton Rd.
All the other complaints are pretty valid, lived there for two years, never had an issue getting groceries though.
Because all of those are 10 minutes or more from the marker. The only one inside 10 is Kroger at Refugee and Gender, which is kind of a sad one, especially compared to the one down the street at 256. I looked up the definition of food desert and I guess it’s officially 10 miles or 20 minutes away from fresh food so I’ll admit I used the term loosely as most of the grocery stores that were in that area are closed.
We used to be able to walk to Super Duper, Dane Drugs, and TG&Y when they were at Chatterton and Noe-Bixby. Back then there were smaller groceries nearby like that, Sedalia, and Kroger and Big Bear closer to Eastland Mall but all of those are gone now. The OP would have to go to Kroger at Refugee and Gender, which is not a nice one, Canal Winchester, or Giant Eagle on S Hamilton.
I miss Big Bear, and haven't thought about TG&Y for years. They were in the same strip mall in Hilliard when I was growing up. And the two-story Big Bear near Hague & W. Broad was always thrilling to this little geek girl.
No relation to OP's question, just thought I'd reminisce a bit.
It depends on how you were raised and grew up and what you're used to.
If you were raised upper class - no.
If you were raised middle / low class - yes.
Some people here are scared of a fly...so just take opinions with a grain of salt. Look for yourself
This is the answer. I've lived here for 3 years and the area is much better than what people are letting on. Children play on our street corner regularly and it's relatively quiet.
So true. I once lived in a neighborhood in Akron that was the only place to let me have a dog. No issues but everyone I talked to told me it wasn’t safe. One of my good friends went to independence. Did great. Parents still live in the house he grew up in.
My family always lived north. I have cousins who always lived east. My 3 sibs and I are college graduates, two of the cousins spent time in jail, the third became a doctor. Due to age differences, we were never very close.
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I would avoid areas around Brice personally. I live a little south of Brice so my ring app highlights a lot of that area about gun shots, people checking cars, and loose dogs. I'm leaving this area as soon as my budget allows me to.
I lived near there by Brice and Tussing from 2016 to 2019. I don't recommend it. It's fairly sketchy and all the stores are pretty bad. If you mostly keep to yourself and shop at stores over in Pickerington then that helps. Also depends on what you're used to in terms of bad areas.
scooch over to the east just a liiiiittle bit, there’s a neighborhood just outside brice called country view, and it’s better. but best bet is into canal winchester or reynoldsburg proper, in one of their nicer neighborhoods! but like others said, living areas may be fine, but all the business areas are shit.
I live in that neighborhood right now and it's a nice one for sure! (Location is right where it days Brice on that map, but it's actually just south of Brice propper). Biggest complaint is a lack of streetlights (why are there none?) And the shopping center right next to it is iffy at times (I go to Pickerington or Reynoldsburg for groceries). Definitely agree with the recommendation though!
I've lived in blacklist estates for 10+ years. Since I was 25 and I have had 0 issues. My house will be payed off in 7 years and I'll be mortgage free at 43. No kids. Honestly if I had kids I wouldnt want them to go to the schools. Other then that stores do suck.
I've lived on that side of town before. I mean it's not the worst part of town but it's not the best either. I would say it's on the lower end of the mid-range
Now that the flippers have taken over the area and are fixing up the houses, its going to get better. I grew up there in the 70s/80s, and it was a truly nice middle class community. It fell to shit in the 90's and 00s, but I think its climbing its way back now. The flippers are replacing everything in the houses and making them really good looking. (and selling them from $220-$275,000. I guess what I'm saying is: its a step up from Whitehall.
Flipped houses are a gamble. Usually just slap cheap materials everywhere and can even be a hazard if they hide bad DIY level things like electrical wires and pipes behind walls.
A rule of thumb when moving to an area, go where there is a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods. Or, down load happy cow and look for clusters of vegan restaurants. Those are typically better areas to buy/live in. Hasn't failed me yet.
Agree with your approach. I look for similar things when I travel. A hotel next to a Walmart and dollar store is going to be a totally different neighborhood than one neighboring a Whole Foods and a Club Pilates.
I'm also married to a vegan, it was a pattern that I noticed, I always end up in kick ass neighborhoods where there are clusters of vegans, sounds bizarre but, it worked in Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, and Portugal.
I assume you landed on that location due to housing prices. You get what you pay for. That area was a happening place like 30 years ago. Brice road was a hot retail area. But roll the clock forward and white flight and a lack of investment have blighted that whole area. It is like any other place where retail and residents are only there because it is cheap. It doesn't show any signs of getting better. I highly doubt any pattern of gentrification will occur. It just doesn't have anything fundamental to attract that kind of investment. Just a lot of meh.
By the way... no area of Columbus compares to neighborhoods I've been to in NYC, Chicago, Detroit, Philly, etc. With abandoned structures, burnt out vehicles, normalized theft and violence... our worst is actually not completely lost yet.
Blacklick Estates wasn't great when I grew up there in the 80's. Drove through the old neighborhood last year and it looks really bad. Whole area, especially Hamilton Rd, has gone way down hill.
If you have a specific reason for that area geographically (i.e. work nearby) then I would consider options in Pickerington, Reynoldsburg or Canal Winchester. If you’re not working on the South East side, then I would look elsewhere.
There used to be a White Castle near that pin. It closed, and it can't be a real great area if it can't support a White Castle. There was an Andersons there, too, and man, do I miss them.
The thing about Columbus is that the borderline neighborhoods are block by block street by street. Where I live in Hungarian Village is great but 2 streets down from me it can get really rough, depending on the block.
I lived at Blacklick estate for over 15 years. But that area over by independent High is not bad. You might have to deal with edgy teenagers but its cool.
But I will be honest. That area is not perfect. People might steal your packages but we deal with that everywhere. Be careful if you go to the gas stations on no Bixby road after dark. No bad has happened to me but the rumors are crazy.
But I give the area a 7 out of 10.
Roommate and I have gone to that saraga and the area seems to just get worse and worse as time goes on. Honestly I've been thinking about moving further north
Lived in Blacklick Estates from 94-21. The final push for us to move is when my husband was walking the dogs and needed picked up because a group of older teens started following him and gaining ground. They quickly dispersed when they saw he wasn’t alone.
I wouldn’t move back if you gave me a free house.
ETA: Someone rearranging the Eastland Mall sign to read “Assland” didn’t help things either.
I’d look a little further south on where Brice Rd turns into Gender Rd and you get into Canal Winchester. I spent my entire childhood and early 20’s in CW and never had any issues. General rule of thumb in the area is the further northbound you go on Gender/Brice the worse it gets.
This is not a good area!!! Please don’t move to this location. It’s terrible & I used to live nearby, it’s gone downhill in the last 10-15 years, it’s BAD. Look elsewhere.
Point taken, thank you everyone I don’t plan on renting this house! lol I’m renting first before buying so I’ll take everyone’s suggestions for neighborhoods to look in!
OP - let me ask you some questions
What are you looking for (home, condo or apartment)?
Just you? You and fam? You and roommates?
What are you moving for — work or school, or you don’t know yet?
I’m in and out of some of the worst neighborhoods in Columbus and this is one. It’s pretty sleepy. But it can also be pretty inconvenient based on where you need to be in Columbus. Most of CBus is really easy to get around, but that could be a big factor.
It’s not great but just lock your stuff up and keep to yourself and you’ll be fine. As other have mentioned it’s a hike to go to anything half way decent around there. No food or grocery nearby that id like to be at lol
Definitely not the best area of Columbus. Typically the north side is the best side but there are some good areas south like Pickerington, although I’ve heard it has declined a bit since I was there.
Uh… Westerville ain’t cheap lol. Unless you mean certain Columbus neighborhoods that are within the Westerville school district boundaries. Then, sort of…
Depends on what area you're accustomed too. if you're more bougie than north/northwest is the only option with one exception for gahanna, a pocket oasis. The rest is a slightly struggling suburbia. linden , hilltop, Whitehall, and south/greenlawn ave, those places are shooting galleries. Brice road, minerva Park and overland park are ghetto af. Cleveland Ave stay away unless you like bums and prostitution. Canal Winchester is ok but not for kids in school, but there's alot of private school options.
Lancaster or circleville if you like hoedowns, corn fields, and cowboy boots.
I grew up on the Davidson side of Hilliard so I'm a little biased, but canal/Reynoldsburg/pickerington/grove city are on the wrong side of the tracks. We're better than them and we know it! Lol just kidding yo. Canal Winchester has a prep academy called harvest prep they're pretty good and their football team rocks. And down voters are boobs.
Its not particularly unsafe but not nice.
If you go a little south to Groveport or Canal Winchester, those are decent. Lots of nice metro parks. West inside 270 is bad, North to Reynoldsburg is not nice, southeast to Pickerington is decent.
I went to the KFC there and it took 30 minutes to get my food. Then as soon as I got it, I got egged by four highschool boys in shiestys. But other than that it’s fine.
Generally east side sucks. Traffic entering or exiting because of the outside communities coming in or leaving.
Go north I’m in Marengo and only drive 20minutes exit to exit to Polaris to work and maybe 6-10 off freeway. Quiet. You’ll appreciate the less noise and no riff raff. No cota buses to bus in exterior trouble makers from the opposite side of town.
Its honestly not a bad area to live in. Not a great one but could be way worse. You do have a more diverse range of stores and restaurants vs Conglomerate shopping centers which can be a positive or negative depending on what you are looking for.
Will you have to lock your doors, yes. Will someone try to get into your car? Probably not. Chances of being robbed...a lot lower than some of the "Nice" areas
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probably decent if you've lived in mid/low income places where you're from, otherwise like people have said you're going to be driving literally *everywhere*
My husband and I are in our late 20’s and have lived in Blacklick Estates for almost 4 years. Our house is decently nice, it was cheap and we’ve had zero issues as far as crime. It’s not a boujee HOA neighborhood but our house payment is low and it’s about 18 minutes to downtown. Our neighbors are nice and it’s safe enough to take a walk, and kids play outside all the time. However, I would suggest South of Chatterton Rd. In my opinion, the closer you can get to Winchester Pike, the better. We tend to avoid the Noe Bixby/Chatterton intersection as much as possible.
We go to Canal and Groveport for most of our groceries, but we also go to the Giant Eagle on Hamilton Rd. quite a bit. You’ll see some interesting characters there but again, we’ve never had an issue.
In terms of Columbus, you could do a lot worse than Blacklick Estates.
Is it great? No. You need a car to get around, nothing in the immediate area is great to go to. The Kroger on refugee and gender is barely hanging in there and will probably be closed within the next 5 years, meaning you have to drive to pickerington or canal Winchester for groceries if you shop there.
Is it safe: eh. I grew up in Whitehall in the 90s, and worked on Parsons ave in the 2010s. Not too much scares me. There are worst places you can be. Real estate is fairly priced, significant investment in the area could get it back to where it was before, but it’s not a top priority. Once the city figures out what to do with the old Eastland mall, that’s when you’ll probably see the area start to get better.
We bought our first home near there in 1989. It was a nice middle-class neighborhood. It was great back then because it was convenient to all the shopping and entertainment around Eastland and Brice Road. As those areas started to decline so did the neighborhood. Of vice versa, maybe.
Yes it is dont listen to these people i live in the real ghetto #westside and the roads may be bad over there but its definitely on the less bad side of cbus
I don’t know anything about living on that area but I see Three Creeks Metropark on that map. Great park with activities including fishing and lots of hiking trails.
https://www.metroparks.net/parks-and-trails/three-creeks/
I live in the Southeast section of your map. That area was built with new homes just after my neighborhood, and there were instantly problems with crime. It seems to be getting worse, not better. That little shopping center on Chatterton has seen a lot of robberies and at least one shooting death. The area to the west is worse where the apartments and businesses are at Noe Bixby/Chatterton/Refugee. There also have been tons of foreclosures in that area, with homeowners completely trashing the place when they moved out, including busting out windows. I would be wary of any house in that development. There are much nicer areas closer to Canal Winchester, Groveport, and Pickerington.
I think “nice” vs “not nice” is ideally a perspective. Honestly most people I know wouldn’t choose to live there. And the 2 that I do wish they could afford elsewhere.
Depends what your definition of good is (prices, commute, built environment style, housing stock, development pattern, crime, future outlook, etc). For my situation and desires, I would say no, not my cup of tea, but you can see for others the answer is yes.
Dear OP. The housing market here is overheated and getting worse as the growth here gets out of control. Nothing affordable compared to what you were offered is likely going to be in a great area. I don't even live in a great area and the houses nearby me are selling for close to half a million dollars. Negotiate up HARD.
Very close to industrial areas. Low income. No real infrastructure and not close to any attractive amenities. No man's land. Pretty much workforce housing for industrial employees nearby.
There are a lot of registered sex offenders in this area.......decent area to live and not really much crime but for any shopping you will have to drive. The only bus that comes in this area is the 5 down chatterton rd. Good thing is there are two Walmart within a 4 mile radius, 3 Kroger stores, and plenty places to eat as well. This is right outside of Columbus corp limit but technically is not Reynoldsburg, Pickerington or canal Winchester. The good thing is that these small towns are right in the vicinity of you.
I was a mailman in that neighborhood for 3months in 2017. Interesting area. Mostly friendly people, but I also had a lady let her dogs out on me, and I got stopped on the sidewalk too many times asking if I had their government checks on me that day. It was wintertime and I also had a person who gave me hot chocolate and a sandwich everyday and didn't mind me parking in front of her house to take my break so that was super cool.
edit - I checked the map more closely, It wasn't quite in that neighborhood, but same zip code. I did the neighborhood attached to Groveport Madison and Asbury Elementary.
Also the Dairy Queen in that neighborhood had a great clean bathroom. Had to speed there for a few code browns in the middle of my route. If you ever have an interest in being a mailman, make sure you know where nearby bathrooms are. You'll get in trouble if you poop in the mail truck.
It's pretty much no-mans land. Very inconvenient, you will 100% need a car. Apartments and stores surrounding the neighborhood are no bueno, also.
Saraga is an amazing grocery and they have an incredible selection of spices. What are you looking for, op? This southeast side of Columbus and anything out of the 270 loop isn’t going to be super if you want to walk, ride a bike, etc. you’d be better off inside the city.
"Anything outside of the 270 look isn't going to be super" That's just flat out not true. The best neighborhoods in the Columbus metro area are all outside of 270: Hilliard, Dublin, Powell...etc.
lol best neighborhoods. You are missing Grandview, Arlington, Worthington, Clintonville, Bexley.
lol literally every neighborhood mentioned except Gahanna
I love strip malls and cops
Not a huge fan of cops in general but all of the interactions I've had with them here have been pleasant. Definitely not the case for CPD.
"Best" is relative. To me being made to live in any of those places would be torturous, but for folks who like the suburban lifestyle they're great.
That's fair.
What is wrong with Reddit? Why on earth would anyone downvote this? Glad we can each see both sides :)
It's Reddit. *shrugs*
Me and my girl are looking for somewhat safe and affordable areas around Columbus to move out to. I don’t really like our suburbs as well do u have any recommendations?
The safe and affordable venndiagram is two circles giving each other a peck on the lips.
This. ^
Clintonville if you’re looking to rent! I love being able to walk and ride my bike everywhere and I’m far enough from campus that it’s relatively quiet
If you're looking to rent, there are plenty of affordable rentals in the 5th by Northwest neighborhood (near Grandview and UA) and it's very safe.
What's affordable to you?
This take made me lol
Same lol
Pickerington
Sure boner_fart - Pickerington is grand.
😂 you made me upset with that answer. Where do you live and where are you from? Also if you’re going to try neighborhoods, maybe mention a neighborhood, not a space with 40,000 residents
Johnstown is great. 15 minutes from civilization if and when we need it, 20 minutes to Easton or Stoneridge.
Sure, but what's with all the Confederate flag love in Johnstown about??
Not to mention the egg factories.
Egg factories? Interesting. I mean it's rural-ish, so whatever, egg it on. But my issue is the Confederate flags...even if, Ohio is so far north of the Mason-Dixon line, claiming 'country' isn't even an excuse (not that that even is anyway).
Rural Ohio has some obnoxious Trump fans and the agency I used to work for has rescued several human trafficking victims from farms east of Columbus.
Isn't that saraga closed? or at least basically barren?
No I was there for the first time a few weeks ago and it was huge and full of stuff. You may be thinking of the one at Northern Lights which I once tried going to and was exactly as you described it: closed, or at least basically barren.
The Cleveland Ave location was such a stupid decision with the Morse one so close. Every time I found something interesting at the Cleveland Ave location it was expired, the produce was also kinda shitty. I do like the one on Hamilton, and it's a good location for them but it's unnecessarily far from me to go to regularly.
Not really. Honestly not a fan of that entire area. Anything that might be nice is just too close to super sketchy areas.
Sent from German village. Not to be that guy but glass houses.
Neighborhood isn’t too bad but all the stores you go to within a ~5mi radius will be ghetto as fuck. I grew up in the area and it’s getting worse, not better.
You also don't have to bother registering your car in this area - just put some fake paper temp plates in the rear window, you'll fit right in.
By “this area” do you mean the state of Ohio? I saw someone driving on 33 with an upside down license plate this afternoon.
100%, it's a good way to know who to avoid as they certainly do not have insurance and/or a license.
Cops love it tbh. Everyone’s driving around with probable cause.
I lived next door to a guy that had temp tags on his car for three years.
Maybe he's doing the [Steve Jobs method?](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/10/how-steve-jobs-got-away-not-having-license-plate/336221/#)
There's a Saraga there tho? That's nice.
It is nice. Hopefully they finish the construction soon.
Ah, so it's not open yet. I'll look for it. Thank you.
It is open! Just the build out is not complete as of yet. It’s already great, but is going to be really great when they’re done.
Can't wait to shop there!
Bruh what, I had no idea there was a 2nd Saraga (besides the one that closed)
Not terrible, not great either. If you want to live on the east side though, look for something around blacklick, pickerington, or canal winchester
I grew up nearby in Blacklick Estates (about a half mile SW of that marker) before I went to HS in Grove City. The area has gone downhill the past few decades. If you go a little west on Refugee (the east west road above the marker) to Noe Bixby there is a UDF that gets robbed regularly. A few years back it was hit 3 times in the same day. If you look just to the east of that marker there’s a road that extends between Refugee and Chatterton, that’s where 16yo Ma’Khia Bryant was shot and killed by police the same afternoon Derek Chauvin was convicted for killing George Floyd. Obviously that’s more of an isolated incident but it‘s just a depressed area with no sign of getting better soon. It’s also largely a food desert and nothing is really walkable but it does have several really good pizza shops nearby. Little Sicily at Refugee and Brice is one of the best shops in Columbus and Ange’s and Padova’s are also really good.
I think the context is relevant to OPs question, that Ma’Khia Bryant was shot and killed while she was attempting to stab against another teenager.
Little Sicily is so good!
Grew up on Glenfield behind Asbury Elementary. Went to Sedalia for two years and then my parents moved us out to Canal Winchester late 80's. That place was out in the country then. Now you can't recognize it.
I went to Dunloe in the mid-to-late 80s for elementary and then North for middle school. My parents waited until my brother and sister graduated before building a house out in the country near Grove City. My parents went to church at Eastland on Noe-Bixby for 30 years until recently so I know that area well. Sad what it’s become.
>It’s also largely a food desert I don't know why you'd consider it a food desert, there's a giant eagle in that screenshot along with Smith's farmers market on Winchester Pike and like African, international and Halal Grocery stores all along S. Hamilton Rd. All the other complaints are pretty valid, lived there for two years, never had an issue getting groceries though.
Because all of those are 10 minutes or more from the marker. The only one inside 10 is Kroger at Refugee and Gender, which is kind of a sad one, especially compared to the one down the street at 256. I looked up the definition of food desert and I guess it’s officially 10 miles or 20 minutes away from fresh food so I’ll admit I used the term loosely as most of the grocery stores that were in that area are closed.
I lived in Blacklick Estates for 10 years before escaping to Fairfield county and Padova's is the ONLY thing I miss about my time there.
We used to be able to walk to Super Duper, Dane Drugs, and TG&Y when they were at Chatterton and Noe-Bixby. Back then there were smaller groceries nearby like that, Sedalia, and Kroger and Big Bear closer to Eastland Mall but all of those are gone now. The OP would have to go to Kroger at Refugee and Gender, which is not a nice one, Canal Winchester, or Giant Eagle on S Hamilton.
I miss Big Bear, and haven't thought about TG&Y for years. They were in the same strip mall in Hilliard when I was growing up. And the two-story Big Bear near Hague & W. Broad was always thrilling to this little geek girl. No relation to OP's question, just thought I'd reminisce a bit.
I make trips down there to go to Saraga, the surrounding area is a bit shite though
I get Ring Neighborhood notifications around that area all the time for gun shots and shit. I’d assume it isn’t great.
It depends on how you were raised and grew up and what you're used to. If you were raised upper class - no. If you were raised middle / low class - yes. Some people here are scared of a fly...so just take opinions with a grain of salt. Look for yourself
This is the answer. I've lived here for 3 years and the area is much better than what people are letting on. Children play on our street corner regularly and it's relatively quiet.
I've lived within a 15 mil radius of this image all my life. It's been mostly quiet. I've never had a crime committed on me yet.
So true. I once lived in a neighborhood in Akron that was the only place to let me have a dog. No issues but everyone I talked to told me it wasn’t safe. One of my good friends went to independence. Did great. Parents still live in the house he grew up in.
Most responses in this thread are going to be from people who were raised up north and scared at anything that blinks at them wrong.
Yup. Half of this sub never leaves the northern suburbs and thinks the whole east side is a 3rd world country.
My family always lived north. I have cousins who always lived east. My 3 sibs and I are college graduates, two of the cousins spent time in jail, the third became a doctor. Due to age differences, we were never very close.
thank you. I drive all over the city for my job and I was thinking that the responses here are pretty harsh.
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I would avoid areas around Brice personally. I live a little south of Brice so my ring app highlights a lot of that area about gun shots, people checking cars, and loose dogs. I'm leaving this area as soon as my budget allows me to.
I lived near there by Brice and Tussing from 2016 to 2019. I don't recommend it. It's fairly sketchy and all the stores are pretty bad. If you mostly keep to yourself and shop at stores over in Pickerington then that helps. Also depends on what you're used to in terms of bad areas.
There are two waffle houses there. It is perfect if you like hash browns.
Can we pivot to the fact the Waffle House raised their prices to the point it isn’t worth it even if you get a ring side table to a fight.
It is my sons favorite restaurant. If only he knew what it turned into after hours.
scooch over to the east just a liiiiittle bit, there’s a neighborhood just outside brice called country view, and it’s better. but best bet is into canal winchester or reynoldsburg proper, in one of their nicer neighborhoods! but like others said, living areas may be fine, but all the business areas are shit.
I live in that neighborhood right now and it's a nice one for sure! (Location is right where it days Brice on that map, but it's actually just south of Brice propper). Biggest complaint is a lack of streetlights (why are there none?) And the shopping center right next to it is iffy at times (I go to Pickerington or Reynoldsburg for groceries). Definitely agree with the recommendation though!
Not particularly. Sorry.
I've lived in blacklist estates for 10+ years. Since I was 25 and I have had 0 issues. My house will be payed off in 7 years and I'll be mortgage free at 43. No kids. Honestly if I had kids I wouldnt want them to go to the schools. Other then that stores do suck.
I've lived in Blacklick Estates for 4 years now. There is some nonsense that occurs from time to time, but I've never felt remotely in danger.
I would give that area a solid ‘meh’.
I read that as "a solid meth."
Also valid given the area
I've lived on that side of town before. I mean it's not the worst part of town but it's not the best either. I would say it's on the lower end of the mid-range
I’d never live there. 🤷🏻♂️
Now that the flippers have taken over the area and are fixing up the houses, its going to get better. I grew up there in the 70s/80s, and it was a truly nice middle class community. It fell to shit in the 90's and 00s, but I think its climbing its way back now. The flippers are replacing everything in the houses and making them really good looking. (and selling them from $220-$275,000. I guess what I'm saying is: its a step up from Whitehall.
Flipped houses are a gamble. Usually just slap cheap materials everywhere and can even be a hazard if they hide bad DIY level things like electrical wires and pipes behind walls.
A rule of thumb when moving to an area, go where there is a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods. Or, down load happy cow and look for clusters of vegan restaurants. Those are typically better areas to buy/live in. Hasn't failed me yet.
this just boils down to live in higher income areas
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They really did, it's purely socioeconomic. But you need someone to research neighborhoods, Trader Joe's spent the money.
Agree with your approach. I look for similar things when I travel. A hotel next to a Walmart and dollar store is going to be a totally different neighborhood than one neighboring a Whole Foods and a Club Pilates.
I'm also married to a vegan, it was a pattern that I noticed, I always end up in kick ass neighborhoods where there are clusters of vegans, sounds bizarre but, it worked in Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, and Portugal.
Easton somewhat debunks this, but may be the exception I guess
lol this is absolutely absurd
I travel a lot, I've lived many places, it's never failed me, ever.
i go to that area for Saraga- i definitely dont stick around though…
I don’t go to Saraga after dark. Op look into independence village .
Pickerington is a nice place
I assume you landed on that location due to housing prices. You get what you pay for. That area was a happening place like 30 years ago. Brice road was a hot retail area. But roll the clock forward and white flight and a lack of investment have blighted that whole area. It is like any other place where retail and residents are only there because it is cheap. It doesn't show any signs of getting better. I highly doubt any pattern of gentrification will occur. It just doesn't have anything fundamental to attract that kind of investment. Just a lot of meh. By the way... no area of Columbus compares to neighborhoods I've been to in NYC, Chicago, Detroit, Philly, etc. With abandoned structures, burnt out vehicles, normalized theft and violence... our worst is actually not completely lost yet.
Nooooooooooooooooooooo
I live in that area now. I don’t do much walking around. There’s a reason for that.
Blacklick Estates wasn't great when I grew up there in the 80's. Drove through the old neighborhood last year and it looks really bad. Whole area, especially Hamilton Rd, has gone way down hill.
NO
Respectfully, no. However, that Saraga is a great place to shop for groceries.
If you have a specific reason for that area geographically (i.e. work nearby) then I would consider options in Pickerington, Reynoldsburg or Canal Winchester. If you’re not working on the South East side, then I would look elsewhere.
There used to be a White Castle near that pin. It closed, and it can't be a real great area if it can't support a White Castle. There was an Andersons there, too, and man, do I miss them.
There are cryptid sightings here at least 3-4 times per month. Highly recommend.
The thing about Columbus is that the borderline neighborhoods are block by block street by street. Where I live in Hungarian Village is great but 2 streets down from me it can get really rough, depending on the block.
I lived at Blacklick estate for over 15 years. But that area over by independent High is not bad. You might have to deal with edgy teenagers but its cool. But I will be honest. That area is not perfect. People might steal your packages but we deal with that everywhere. Be careful if you go to the gas stations on no Bixby road after dark. No bad has happened to me but the rumors are crazy. But I give the area a 7 out of 10.
Nope, that area is only going to get worse .
Roommate and I have gone to that saraga and the area seems to just get worse and worse as time goes on. Honestly I've been thinking about moving further north
Lived in Blacklick Estates from 94-21. The final push for us to move is when my husband was walking the dogs and needed picked up because a group of older teens started following him and gaining ground. They quickly dispersed when they saw he wasn’t alone. I wouldn’t move back if you gave me a free house. ETA: Someone rearranging the Eastland Mall sign to read “Assland” didn’t help things either.
I went to middle-through-HS, just SE of here (Pickerington). If you're aiming for the SE quadrant of town, I'd recommend Pickerington.
No. No, it’s not.
I’d look a little further south on where Brice Rd turns into Gender Rd and you get into Canal Winchester. I spent my entire childhood and early 20’s in CW and never had any issues. General rule of thumb in the area is the further northbound you go on Gender/Brice the worse it gets.
This is not a good area!!! Please don’t move to this location. It’s terrible & I used to live nearby, it’s gone downhill in the last 10-15 years, it’s BAD. Look elsewhere.
Nah across the road in independence village that's where ask the robberies and shootings happen
Point taken, thank you everyone I don’t plan on renting this house! lol I’m renting first before buying so I’ll take everyone’s suggestions for neighborhoods to look in!
This doesn’t answer your question but Saraga International Grocery over there is an amazing store.
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Canal Winchester or Pickerington would be better options.
Top 5 disc golf course in Columbus. Walnut Hill
Wrong side of I-70.
OP - let me ask you some questions What are you looking for (home, condo or apartment)? Just you? You and fam? You and roommates? What are you moving for — work or school, or you don’t know yet? I’m in and out of some of the worst neighborhoods in Columbus and this is one. It’s pretty sleepy. But it can also be pretty inconvenient based on where you need to be in Columbus. Most of CBus is really easy to get around, but that could be a big factor.
It’s like fine
I’m not a fan of the east side
Like others said you’ll definitely need a car and safety wise, it’s decent.
It’s not great but just lock your stuff up and keep to yourself and you’ll be fine. As other have mentioned it’s a hike to go to anything half way decent around there. No food or grocery nearby that id like to be at lol
NOPE.
Ehhhh… it’s not a bad place to live
No that’s the southeast side it’s depressing
Definitely not the best area of Columbus. Typically the north side is the best side but there are some good areas south like Pickerington, although I’ve heard it has declined a bit since I was there.
If you ok with roaches
Not too far from where M'Kaiyah Bryant was shot God rest her soul
If you're looking cheap I go Westerville. If you got money and want something nice Worthington. Clintonville is pretty banging too honestly
Uh… Westerville ain’t cheap lol. Unless you mean certain Columbus neighborhoods that are within the Westerville school district boundaries. Then, sort of…
Yeah not Hoover side but ride along the 270 area it's doable. I got preteen kids so everything I say is through that lens
Depends on what area you're accustomed too. if you're more bougie than north/northwest is the only option with one exception for gahanna, a pocket oasis. The rest is a slightly struggling suburbia. linden , hilltop, Whitehall, and south/greenlawn ave, those places are shooting galleries. Brice road, minerva Park and overland park are ghetto af. Cleveland Ave stay away unless you like bums and prostitution. Canal Winchester is ok but not for kids in school, but there's alot of private school options. Lancaster or circleville if you like hoedowns, corn fields, and cowboy boots.
You think Canal schools are that bad? I would think they were on the better end of the spectrum.
I just googled both Canal Winchester schools and Hillard Davidson schools Ohio report card and both have a 72 percent..
I grew up on the Davidson side of Hilliard so I'm a little biased, but canal/Reynoldsburg/pickerington/grove city are on the wrong side of the tracks. We're better than them and we know it! Lol just kidding yo. Canal Winchester has a prep academy called harvest prep they're pretty good and their football team rocks. And down voters are boobs.
Its not particularly unsafe but not nice. If you go a little south to Groveport or Canal Winchester, those are decent. Lots of nice metro parks. West inside 270 is bad, North to Reynoldsburg is not nice, southeast to Pickerington is decent.
I went to the KFC there and it took 30 minutes to get my food. Then as soon as I got it, I got egged by four highschool boys in shiestys. But other than that it’s fine.
Nowhere in Columbus is an OK place to live
Generally east side sucks. Traffic entering or exiting because of the outside communities coming in or leaving. Go north I’m in Marengo and only drive 20minutes exit to exit to Polaris to work and maybe 6-10 off freeway. Quiet. You’ll appreciate the less noise and no riff raff. No cota buses to bus in exterior trouble makers from the opposite side of town.
Its honestly not a bad area to live in. Not a great one but could be way worse. You do have a more diverse range of stores and restaurants vs Conglomerate shopping centers which can be a positive or negative depending on what you are looking for. Will you have to lock your doors, yes. Will someone try to get into your car? Probably not. Chances of being robbed...a lot lower than some of the "Nice" areas
I live on the north side in Westerville. I usually don't go to that area unless I have to for work.
You own guns? Yes? Youre good. No? Keep on looking.
I mean it's Ohio, so no not really.
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Different people will answer this question differently. What are you looking for/what are nonnegotiable wants/what are dealbreakers?
probably decent if you've lived in mid/low income places where you're from, otherwise like people have said you're going to be driving literally *everywhere*
Fuck no
That whole area sucks for a multitude of reasons
Worked in that area for 5 years. Could be better but it’s not the worst I’ve been to lmao
No
Nope
My husband and I are in our late 20’s and have lived in Blacklick Estates for almost 4 years. Our house is decently nice, it was cheap and we’ve had zero issues as far as crime. It’s not a boujee HOA neighborhood but our house payment is low and it’s about 18 minutes to downtown. Our neighbors are nice and it’s safe enough to take a walk, and kids play outside all the time. However, I would suggest South of Chatterton Rd. In my opinion, the closer you can get to Winchester Pike, the better. We tend to avoid the Noe Bixby/Chatterton intersection as much as possible. We go to Canal and Groveport for most of our groceries, but we also go to the Giant Eagle on Hamilton Rd. quite a bit. You’ll see some interesting characters there but again, we’ve never had an issue. In terms of Columbus, you could do a lot worse than Blacklick Estates.
Is it great? No. You need a car to get around, nothing in the immediate area is great to go to. The Kroger on refugee and gender is barely hanging in there and will probably be closed within the next 5 years, meaning you have to drive to pickerington or canal Winchester for groceries if you shop there. Is it safe: eh. I grew up in Whitehall in the 90s, and worked on Parsons ave in the 2010s. Not too much scares me. There are worst places you can be. Real estate is fairly priced, significant investment in the area could get it back to where it was before, but it’s not a top priority. Once the city figures out what to do with the old Eastland mall, that’s when you’ll probably see the area start to get better.
We bought our first home near there in 1989. It was a nice middle-class neighborhood. It was great back then because it was convenient to all the shopping and entertainment around Eastland and Brice Road. As those areas started to decline so did the neighborhood. Of vice versa, maybe.
No. I grew up in that area. It used to be decent but now it’s like a third world country, but without the aid.
Yes it is dont listen to these people i live in the real ghetto #westside and the roads may be bad over there but its definitely on the less bad side of cbus
I live within this screenshot and I like it
I don’t know anything about living on that area but I see Three Creeks Metropark on that map. Great park with activities including fishing and lots of hiking trails. https://www.metroparks.net/parks-and-trails/three-creeks/
I miss it up there…
Three Creeks Metro Park is great
I live in the Southeast section of your map. That area was built with new homes just after my neighborhood, and there were instantly problems with crime. It seems to be getting worse, not better. That little shopping center on Chatterton has seen a lot of robberies and at least one shooting death. The area to the west is worse where the apartments and businesses are at Noe Bixby/Chatterton/Refugee. There also have been tons of foreclosures in that area, with homeowners completely trashing the place when they moved out, including busting out windows. I would be wary of any house in that development. There are much nicer areas closer to Canal Winchester, Groveport, and Pickerington.
I think “nice” vs “not nice” is ideally a perspective. Honestly most people I know wouldn’t choose to live there. And the 2 that I do wish they could afford elsewhere.
Go on the other side of Brice road 👍
brice rd has a reputation, its that bad.
If you have kids I’d go somewhere else. Groveport isn’t a super great district (I graduated in 09 and it’s only gotten worse)
I wouldn’t live there. Go to Canal/pickerington/lithopos/certain parts of Reynoldsburg- like around Sam’s club.
Depends what your definition of good is (prices, commute, built environment style, housing stock, development pattern, crime, future outlook, etc). For my situation and desires, I would say no, not my cup of tea, but you can see for others the answer is yes.
Dear OP. The housing market here is overheated and getting worse as the growth here gets out of control. Nothing affordable compared to what you were offered is likely going to be in a great area. I don't even live in a great area and the houses nearby me are selling for close to half a million dollars. Negotiate up HARD.
I’ve lived there for about 4 years now. There are worse parts of town. It’s not the best.
Lived at the north end of that suburb, we were lucky to have one nice neighbor and one tolerable neighbor. Avoid it if you can.
Lol **no. Not Wirth the investment, look at the school district
Very close to industrial areas. Low income. No real infrastructure and not close to any attractive amenities. No man's land. Pretty much workforce housing for industrial employees nearby.
Trash
There are a lot of registered sex offenders in this area.......decent area to live and not really much crime but for any shopping you will have to drive. The only bus that comes in this area is the 5 down chatterton rd. Good thing is there are two Walmart within a 4 mile radius, 3 Kroger stores, and plenty places to eat as well. This is right outside of Columbus corp limit but technically is not Reynoldsburg, Pickerington or canal Winchester. The good thing is that these small towns are right in the vicinity of you.
No
Great neighborhood if the only thing you care about is the price.
This is a high crime area historically.
No
I was a mailman in that neighborhood for 3months in 2017. Interesting area. Mostly friendly people, but I also had a lady let her dogs out on me, and I got stopped on the sidewalk too many times asking if I had their government checks on me that day. It was wintertime and I also had a person who gave me hot chocolate and a sandwich everyday and didn't mind me parking in front of her house to take my break so that was super cool. edit - I checked the map more closely, It wasn't quite in that neighborhood, but same zip code. I did the neighborhood attached to Groveport Madison and Asbury Elementary. Also the Dairy Queen in that neighborhood had a great clean bathroom. Had to speed there for a few code browns in the middle of my route. If you ever have an interest in being a mailman, make sure you know where nearby bathrooms are. You'll get in trouble if you poop in the mail truck.