Columbus, Ohio
Columbus was planned from scratch as a capital, and it has kept reinventing itself ever since. The city you have lived in is worth describing in your own voice.
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Do you remember your first apartment near the Ohio State campus, or a game you still talk about?
Columbus was planned from scratch, and in a way so is every life record: it begins with a blank page and one answer. Your morning walk by the river or your drive past the Statehouse lights may not feel like a story yet, but give it a few weeks of daily questions. The people who receive your record will be glad you did.
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Columbus, Ohio
In 1812, Ohio's General Assembly created a new capital city where the Scioto and Olentangy rivers meet, near the older settlement of Franklinton, and named it for Christopher Columbus. Today Columbus is Ohio's largest city. If you have watched it grow, you have seen something worth describing. What did your part of town look like when you first got here, and what has changed most? Your answer is a piece of the city's story that only you hold.
Ohio State University sits at the heart of Columbus life, and for many people its calendar shapes the whole year. Some people studied there, some worked there and some simply live by its schedule. Maybe you remember a first apartment near campus, a favorite professor or a game you still talk about. Tell those stories now, with all the little details, so the people you choose can hear them exactly the way you would tell them.
Every city is really a collection of small routines. Yours might be a morning walk along the river, a weekly dinner with friends or the drive home past the Statehouse lights. You might not think of these as stories, but they are. They show how you spent your days and what you cared about. The people who receive your record one day will be glad to know the ordinary rhythm of your life.
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