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Are you looking to buy a Toronto condo because you think it's what's expected of you as a young professional, you might consider re-evaluating your decision. There are plenty of other places that offer job and real estate investment opportunities and Columbus, Georgia is one of them. It's an up-and-coming city in the areas of business and finance and an established player in textiles. Urban renewal is raising the quality and value of the area's real estate, so whether you're young and just starting out or an established family person looking to relocate to a suburb, Columbus, GA real estate agents have the property you're looking for.
Columbus, Georgia: The Fountain City
Columbus is the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, located across the Chattahoochee River from the Phenix City. It was founded in 1828 and marks the beginning of the navigable waterway for the river. The town takes its name from explorer Christopher Columbus and was recently ranked fourth on Best Life magazine's list of best cities in which to raise a family. Its nickname, Fountain City, comes from the fountains along Broadway and Uptown that were refurbished at the suggestion of local pastor Othell Hand in 1966.
Columbus, GA's economy was originally based around cotton farming and trading, an industry that was supported by shipping along the river and eventually evolved to include textile milling. During the civil war Columbus expanded its manufacturing capacity to include steel and shipbuilding and became an important supplier of the Confederate Forces. Today Columbus' industry has moved away from textile manufacturing to include insurance, high-tech, and business.
Columbus, Georgia is also supported by its association with the nearby Fort Benning, a United States Army training facility with a population of over 100,000, a number so large as to even rival Columbus' own population of 186,000. Fort Benning is home to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Sniper School, Ranger School, Airborne School, Pathfinder School, and numerous battalions of infantry and special forces soldiers. The base in which they live is so enormous that it takes up most of the rest of Muscogee County.
Fort Benning doesn't have a monopoly on education, however. Columbus, GA is home to Columbus State University as well as several technical colleges. It is also famous for being the city in which Dr. John Pemberton developed Coca Cola in 1860. That site is commemorated by a science center. The "Last Land Battle Fought in the War Between the States" is also memorialized in Columbus, which further honors its military history with the National Infantry Museum and the National Civil War Naval Museum.
Neighborhoods and Home Styles in Columbus, GA
Columbus, Georgia has a variety of housing types available due to the wide range of people residing there. There is everything from small apartments designed to accommodate single people or soldiers who have decided to live off base to sprawling suburban homes that appeal to families who want to raise children in a quiet neighborhood.
Neighborhoods tend to be denser the closer you get to downtown. Outlying suburbs are the best places to get more home for your money if you want to buy a house and the neighborhoods closer to downtown are best for apartments and condos. Some neighborhoods have been improved through the process of urban renewal which was begun with the restoration of the Springer Opera House and others are still in the process. For a complete list of neighborhoods refer to our community page.
Generally speaking you can get more for your money in Columbus, Georgia than you can in other places. The cost of living there is only 80.4 compared to the national average of 100. Average housing prices in the area for 2007 had condos at $208,000 to $218,000, townhouses at $185,000, and detached single family homes at $169,000. Columbus also has a unique property taxation law in which you are rewarded for buying early and staying up. Your property taxes are frozen the year you purchase your house and are only re-evaluated when you sell or make additions to the home.
Contact a Columbus, Georgia Real Estate Agent
If you've re-evaluated your real estate plans so that they now include Columbus, GA, click on over to our contact page. One of our real estate agents will be happy to help you get started looking for the perfect property for your new plan and to answer any questions you may have about Columbus, GA and the surrounding area.
