Looking at the big picture , i'd say columbus is a beautiful calm and peaceful place , but if you're an engineer by profession and would love be amongst the teachheads , columbus is definitely not the place to be in . If you've worked long enough to decide that it's time to golf and rest in peace , columbus is definitely the place . Most of the folks out here groom a pot belly , gain a few pounds , gossip more , work less and that's what IT life in columbus is all about . In the valley , you'd never encounter these attributes as people are too busy keeping themselves alive . As I mentioned there is something in the air that is so insipring in the valley that you are driven to work and have fun too . I a lot of ways i miss the valley but sometimes columbus seems good too , but you ought to step up your proiorities and decide on what you are aiming to achieve