My sorority is local so I can't really do anything at any nearby campuses. :(

I don't have any close friends down here. Most of the people I know are people that went to high school with my husband. I've hung out with them a few times but I'm not really comfortable around them...It's probably because they have all known each other forever! What can I say, I suck!

One of my sorority sisters lives in Vandalia. She just moved down here within the last year or so and she is having the same problem adjusting that I am. I've only been able to meet up with her once because she leads a pretty busy life. Maybe we can all get together and go out or something. Any good places to go in Dayton??

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Ok well this subject is rather amusing cause I ask myself this everyday.... Originally from northeastern ohio I miss it now in Northwestern ohio... well that's why people think ohio is nothing but cornfields... Ohio is the heart of it all.... and ask around almost EVERYONE knows someone from Ohio... it's like the six degrees of speration from kevin bacon type of stuff mansfield isn't too bad of a drive from cuyahoga falls get up there and head out to rockin on the river it's a BLAST and the firemen are hot that work at it :o)

Valerie

AOX81, Dayton is not the best place in Ohio to put it mildly. We have a couple of good clubs, a baseball stadium, some nice bars(not only for drunking but for listening to some good music), and Dayton is trying really hard to clean up the area with river scape. River scape is a place outside next to the river, where bands can have a concert, there's ice skating in the winter, biking and boating in the summer. Also laser light shows that are kinda neat. The Air Force Base and IMAX are also in the area. All the fairs in the summer and fall months, the Victoria theatre (they always have the best shows). The unversity of Dayton's ghetto (my favorite place). The ghetto is the student housing area right next to the campus. There have been lots of good times there! Dayton is not much better then any other Ohio city :)

Cleveland is the best location in Ohio. I have live here all my life and I attend Cleveland State. There's nothing wrong about going east on Euclid. It's no better than going toward stokes blvd or chester road. It just takes you where you need to go.:p

We used to say at CWRU that you couldn't go east if you were white, couldn't go south if you weren't white, and there was no point in going west unless you were just going to Tower City or the Flats anyway! (I don't know what happened if you went north.)

Hey sigtau305 and FuzzieAlum,

There is a bar in the Flats and I have been trying to remember the name of it. I think it was next to a restaurant/bar called Dick's and it had a bar on the roof. I have only been to Cleveland once and I was so butt ass wasted I have no idea what the name of that place is. We only made it to two bars that night but I barely remember the cab ride back to the hotel.

It might have been called the Beach????

Thanks

FuzzieAlum,

If you go too far North, you get your feet real wet.

It was probably BeachClub, It's very popular and tons of fun. The flats in Cleveland are a lot of fun, but for most of the places it's better to be 21, especially since you can't get in if you're not.

Pinkangel, I keep hearing from my friends that the warehouse district has "replaced" the flats, and when I go back into town, that's where they take me. Is that true in general, or are my friends just weird?

No, the wharehouse district is definitely growing. It has a more sophisticated (expensive) reputation though. It attracts less young college students and high schoolers. But it is working to replace the flats.

I was 'born and raised' in northeast Ohio. I came to Columbus for college. One summer I lived in Ann Arbor, MI (which is love). I've been in Columbus ever since.

There are tons of things to do, like DeltAlum mentioned. In Columbus, however, there's not much to do if you're just getting together with some friends on the spur-of-the-moment.

You can:
#1Go the trendy new mall (which last year was Easton, this year is Polaris, and I don't know what is in the works for next year).. this must be the freakin' mall capital of the world:

• Polaris
• Easton
• Northland
• Eastland
• Westland
• Tuttle
• Lane Avenue
• The Continent (actually, this used to be really cool, but everyone has pretty much pulled out of it :( )

Not to mention all of the strip malls & junk.

#2 Go out to eat at one of many, many chain restaurants (although some of the trendier ones are all owned by the same local guy)... usually located near or in the malls

#3 Go out to one of the new "Districts". (A couple years ago the Nationwide Insurance Company built a giant arena downtown, and that area quickly became knows as the "Arena District". Almost immediately signs sprouted up everywhere naming things like the "Brewery District", "Arts District", etc.) When you get to the district of your choice you can shop and/or eat. Or, if you planned ahead, you might actually see a game or go to a really fun arts event.

#4Clubbing/Bars: Once upon a time, there were some divier clubs on the OSU campus, where the 18+up crowd gathered. So there were some great clubs around town. Then this lovely organization called "Campus Partners" decided to buy them out, along with tons of local shop owners, to replace them with chain stores, etc. Nothing has replaced these bars, so the the students have invaded what once were the 'better' bars (or they just have giant house parties that turn into riots :rolleyes: ).
There are a few good local ones, but you have to ask around to find them

Do you see a trend in the immediately-available activities in Columbus? No wonder it was named as one of the fattest cities in America.

Anyway, sorry about the Columbus rant. There are some really fun things, like the Gallery Hop that happens every 1st Sat. of the month. Most of the galleries and shops in the Short North area (now named the Arts District, but everyone still calls it the Short North) stay open until at least 10p.m. and people wander them and buy things (<--- Columbus loves to shop).. great people watching!

Mansfield... there's really not much to do. My sister-in-law grew up in the Mansfield/Ashland area and lives there now. Make Columbus look like NYC. :D

Is "Trilogy" still open in Cleveland? (at the Flats)

Trilogy has closed. It has been replaced by Metropolis. it operates in the same way that triliogy has.:cool:

She's right. I have been to a couple of bars in the warehouse district. right now, two of my favorite spots there are the velvet dog and the mercury lounge. both of them are cool.:D

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AOX81 - I don't really know any Lambda Chi's but I know they're sellin their house for some reason - no clue why? Found out today while walkin to mud tug.
Silver Turtle - I totally agree about the Campus Partners and closing down the bars. It totally sux. I'm a freshman and I know half the bars that are here now are probably gonna be closed by time I turn 21.
I like Columbus but Silver Turtle is right. It's hard to do impromptu stuff. We mostly go to parties at the frats or we have planned sisterhoods. It's hard but I like it here.