Columbus is the state capital and a prosperous business center with a metropolitan population of over one million. Columbus ia a middle American city in location and way of life. Fifty percent of the population of the U.S. lives within 500 miles of Columbus. Columbus is also an international city. International residents of Columbus represent a variety of occupations, including faculty and researchers at OSU, scientists at Battelle Memorial Institute, and business leaders and technicians at international firms located in the area, such as Honda of America and Chemical Abstracts Service.
Students can travel easily within the city without a car by using the campus and city bus systems.
The international airport and an advanced highway system link Columbus with business and vacation points throughout the U.S. Cincinnati and Cleveland are with a few hours of Columbus by car, and Chicago and New York are less than an hour away by plane. The cost of living in Columbus is moderate. The climate has four distinct seasons, changing from the warm and humid days of July to the cold and snowy ones of January. Residents of Columbus spend their free time visiting metropolitan parks, watching or participating in a variety of sports, and enjoying popular music, classical music, and drama. For more information, see the Columbus Supersite .