Andy Downing, “The List: The nine circles of Columbus Hell” (2019)

“The Hell City Tattoo Fest, which celebrates everything ink-drenched, begins on Friday, April 26, and runs through Sunday, with action centered Downtown at the Hyatt Regency (visit hellcity.com for more information). With that in mind, and in the spirit of Dante’s Inferno, we thought we’d assemble our own, localized Circles of Hell.

“The First Circle: The Earth Day line at Northstar

“Like Purgatory, the queue for free Earth Day veggie burgers at this local favorite can be interminable, though the payoff can be akin to breaking through to Paradise. (I mean, it is a damn good burger.)

“The Second Circle: I-71 in a light drizzle

“Traffic jams are to be expected in truly terrifying weather (snow-induced white-outs, ice storms, etc.), but for some reason highway traffic in Columbus always seems to slow to a crawl when there’s even a suggestion of rain.”   —Columbus Monthly (April 24, 2019)

Read the rest of the list here.