I’ve done Flint, Michigan. I’ve done Toledo.
Pittsburgh looks marvelous by comparison.
I see where Columbus is #13, another place where I
have spent some time. While the job growth is there
it’s crime stats have become frighteningly Detroit-like
in recent years.
Even if you factor out South Columbus? That’s about the worst of the city that I can recall. On the other hand, it does have the German District which isn’t too bad.
As for work, that’s more likely to be in the suburbs that are next to the outer loop of 270 (Dublin, Worthington, Whitehall, Hilliard, etc.) than downtown proper.