I grew up in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio and worked downtown for a few months. It's really going to depend on where you live and where you work. Parts of Columbus like the Bottoms have always been bad and almost within I-270 are dumps now. It used to be a great area but it's gone downhill.

I grew up in Dublin and even it's falling apart. I was shocked when I went to visit my parents last May to see all the retail stores gone and Sawmill Road and 161 trashed. DH and went to the other side of town where we used to live and it wasn't any better.

I'm still not good at traveling on roads. It takes time. It really is going to depend where you live (there are still good parts to the area so don't panic) and the conditions of the roads.

Oakleaf would be able to give a far more detailed view of the area now. At least I think they finally finished the other outer belt of 670 after twenty years. LOL.