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My concerns, and please I don't want to be negative here...I have lived in Columbus all of my 73-1/2 years and this town usually has the same pattern wiht pro sports teams, and has in the past....1) the initial honeymoon, and nothing could be finer. great crowds and fans..2) the 2nd tier where its nice, ..crowds are ok, but wins are key, but nothing is really happening,3) things are gettin stale,crowds falling off, team losing money, bottom rung teams, 4) team is a bottom feeder, or close. can't win for losing, crowds slim to none, no mon-no fun...etc...

..it happened to semi-pro football,(Columbus Colts) arena football,(played at Nationwide) AAA baseball(Red (Dead)Birds, Jets,etc) pro basketball played at Fair-ground arena, etc...unfortuantely this town wants a winner.......Blue Jackets and Columbus Crew beware.....once the wins stop(and they have wiht the BJ,s) the hand writing is on the wall,,,,sure a pro basketball team would be great......but if not a winner..its just a matter of time here in Columbus......

OSU was ranked as a top 10 team all season and played Duke at home. That has quite a bit to do with attendence. Not to mention that the cost of NBA versus college bball is like 5 to 1. I had OSU season tickets and trust me when I tell you, other than the few marquee games, the Schott wasnt busting at the seams. Columbus is and will always be a Buckeye town. Theres nothing wrong with that. The NBA thing has zero percent chance of happening so let it go. If Cbus was to ever get another pro team (which they wont) it wouldnt be a sport that has overlapping seasons. It doesnt make financial sense in that market. In the meantime, maybe you could go on ebay and find an old Ohio Glory tshirt to hold you over. Perhaps google a few more stale "mistake by the lake" jokes. Of course there is always the Columbus Crew and the Oletangy Riverfront Santa Maria replica ship. Fun.

@Viv...Joakim Noah is your city guide? Id bet he couldnt even find Columbus on a map. As for Boozer leaving, Im pretty sure the $84 million dollars he got had something to do with going to Utah. I understand Columbus having an inferiority complex and being jealous of its big brother Cleveland but lets remember we are all Ohioans. Trust me, Clevelander arent "anti" Columbus like some of you seem to be because Ctown actually doesnt think too much about Cowlumbus. Cleveland feels about Columbus like Ohio State cares about Iowa. They know Columbus exists but dont really care enough to think twice about it. Hope that sums it up.

Yup.....columbus will never have the pleasure of consistently being named one of the most miserable cities in the country. Cleveland sucks. I would take Cincinnati or Columbus any day over Cleveland. But who knows if Cleveland can get an nfl team maybe it will be better up there. The local heroes can't even wait to leave.

Not anger man......humor. I honestly can't think of one reason to be jealous if Cleveland for. Cleveland is like notre same football. Hasn't been relevant in years but their fans still think people want to be like them. There is a reason they have lost around 10% of their population since 2000.

From my contacts,A lot of people who live in Cleve now is suffering and can't wait to get to Columbus.

What???? When I lived in Cowtown USA it was the opposite. We would all go to Cleveland or Cincy for fun off campus. It should tell you something that NONE of my "contacts" from OSU still live in Columbus. Quite possibly the lamest city in the country when it comes to fun. Unless of course you enjoy the hillbillies in the empty Arena District bars or the wanna be millionaires snobs running around the Short North. I rest my case. Go check out East 4th or the Warehouse District in Cleveland. A thousand times better.

27. Cincy 2.1 mill
28. Cleveland 2.0 mill
32. Cols 1.8 mill

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas#Table

Actually according to the chart both Cincy and Cols are growing