I don't like Cinci.
Among its many problems, it is very hard to navigate.
It is the only place I’ve ever been where the racial tension is REALLY noticeable. There seems to be a HUGE, citywide gang of African Americans wearing white shirts that want to tell you where to park.
The people are mutants.
Way too many hills.
Columbus has many problems, too, but I actually really like it. It is a very liberal city, but actually a really nice place to live. Columbus itself has awful gun laws and smoking ban and Nazi crap like that, but keep in mind that almost all of Columbus is made up of smaller municipalities and towns and things like that, and they have much more lenient laws. Plus the traffic is not bad at all and the city layout is REALLY well designed.
Just my opinion, and I only lived in Cinci for less than a year, so keep that in mind.