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Columbus native here. It varies wildly; my wife lived in an upper-class suburban area and reports an experience similar to yours, but I grew up in a poorer, sli
by rybosome 9y ago
Columbus native here. It varies wildly; my wife lived in an upper-class suburban area and reports an experience similar to yours, but I grew up in a poorer, slightly more rural-adjacent area. I can’t even begin to count the number of times I was called a “faggot” for things like wanting to recycle or not wanting to get in fistfights. I overheard racial epithets on a near-daily basis; telling racist jokes where the punchline was the death or maiming of a minority were widely socially acceptable.
Culture is the #1 reason that I have no desire to move back to Columbus.
- muninn_ 9y agoInteresting. I love the culture there. Great events and really nice people. It's too bad that you had a bad experience in a rural area outside of the suburbs and because of that you believe it reflects poorly on the city.
- empthought 9y agoWas this during the 80s or 90s? Things have changed all over the place since then.
- rybosome 9y agoI graduated from Ohio State in 2011 and moved away in 2012, so much more recently than that actually. A woman that I dated in high school is now a teacher at the school we graduated from, and she told me that she sees pretty vile behavior from her students (particularly after the election). So we are not talking about a long time ago, nor are we talking about one or two isolated incidents.
- jimwalsh 9y agoThings are much different in Columbus now, also you can't run from ignorant people. They exist everywhere, even in SV.