Columbus Neighborhood Quiz - Find Your Perfect Home

Columbus neighborhoods included in this quiz

• Arena District

  your jersey matches your lanyard, Jackets or Clippers gear is the uniform here

• Berwick

  lawn care zealots with synagogue schedules and impeccable smoked fish from Bexley's kosher delis a few blocks away

• Brewery District

  weeknight steins, Saturday spin class at the studios that moved into old warehouses, and suspiciously well behaved doodles on every patio

• Clintonville

  cargo bike hauling kids and groceries, CSA tote bag from their farm share program, probably Wayward Seed or Lettuce Eat Local

• Downtown

  lanyards (Nationwide, Huntington, Chase employees everywhere), scooter finesse, espresso loyalty, meeting speak fluency, synergy and circle back are daily vocabulary

• Driving Park

  Vintage Impalas, the car game is real, church hats, handshake hellos, grill mastery in April because grilling season starts early here

• Eastmoor

  Porch sitters with immaculate hedges and OSU everything

• Easton Area

  you schedule workouts between Nordstrom returns and treat the Apple Store like a library

• Far East Side

  yard sale ninjas in Buckeye tees and scrubs worn by the healthcare workers from Mount Carmel East

• Franklinton

  Paint flecks, thrift sneakers, bike basket succulents

• German Village

  you own two dachshunds, it's practically a neighborhood requirement, carry swatches

• Harrison West

  cyclists in yoga pants,Lululemon is the uniform, hospital badges, Riverside and OSU Wexner employees, goldendoodles on retractable leashes which are the designer dog capital of Columbus

• Hilltop

  faded Buckeyes hoodie

• Italian Village

  reusable totes from North Market, patio beers at Fourth Street Bar & Grill, midcentury couches visible through big warehouse windows, omnipresent rescue dogs named something like Bernard or Phyllis

• King-Lincoln Bronzeville

  brimmed hats, Sunday best is still a thing, church fans (the old school paper ones), and an encyclopedic Coltrane playlist

• Linden

  Buckeyes gear, big smiles, bigger opinions

• Merion Village

  tattooed dog walkers wielding compost buckets and impeccable thrift finds probably from Volunteers of America nearby

• Milo-Grogan

  Paint splattered jeans, bike grease, caffeine from Thunderkiss Coffee roasting in the neighborhood

• Northland

  you worship coupons and razor lawns, the yard game is serious here

• Old North Columbus

  cardiganed grad students and tattooed bartenders working at High Street bars

• Olde Towne East

  vintage porch couches and aggressively curated houseplants visible through every front window

• Short North Arts District

  Thrifted jackets from Rag-O-Rama mixed with designer jeans, micro dogs in purses or strollers, relentless latte loyalty, probably to Fox in the Snow or One Line

• South Side

  Carhartt work boots year-round, rescue pit mix from Colony Cats & Dogs probably, stubborn porch swing loyalty

• University District

  scarlet hoodie even if you didn't go to OSU, you'll own one eventually, backpack creases, caffeine breath (8am lectures are torture)

• Victorian Village

  Year round porch sitting and dogs with human names like Margaret, Walter, Beatrice

• Weinland Park

  Vintage bike, OSU hoodie, and an opinion about Summit, Street's best taco spot, it's serious business

• Westgate

  folding chairs ready for parades since West Broad Street hosts several and crockpots for neighbors for block parties and church suppers

See the full details in our Columbus neighborhood guide.

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