Posted Sep 28, 2019, 12:36 AM
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B!tchslapping Since 1999
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Columbus
Posts: 20,009
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I'll just say (and I tend to avoid these types of threads these days) as a former resident of Columbus and currently only living 1.5 hours from Indy (meaning, I visit it a lot), I'll keep it simple: Columbus is a neighborhood-focused city; Indianapolis is a downtown-focused city. Columbus' downtown and Indy's neighborhoods are improving but that's generally the facts of it.
Regarding Austin, aside from being a state capital with a university, I don't see a general comparison to either Columbus or Indianapolis. It reminds me more of Nashville (the hills, southern hipster, live music street, downtown-focused city with minimal commercial districts outside of downtown, below-average walkable residential neighborhoods, etc). Columbus is basically an old brick city that got lucky with annexation; Indianapolis is more "standard" Midwestern (more wood-frame) with decent walkability in Center Township. Austin and Nashville are improving neighborhood walkability but aren't quite there yet.
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