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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
A huge chunk of these homes in rust belt cities might 'look' nice but are in pretty dangerous and rundown neighborhoods. Columbus is not a terrible city, but it has a homicide rate of 19 per 100k, compared to 7 in Los angeles and 5 in NYC. Cleveland is even worse at 42 per 100k. 

Generally, when looking at housing, most people will only look at a handful of neighborhoods that are considered acceptably safe to move to. Those neighborhoods can be pretty expensive.
gpt
There are some parts of Greater Columbus that 100% make me think I’m in Detroit. There are beautiful neighborhoods though (as a Brit I frickin loved livin in German Village, especially when it snowed a couple christmases ago. Shit was magical). 

Downtown/Short North has lost any shred of character it used to have though. All overly polished, bland and pretentious now