`column.Substring(1, column.Length - 2)` could use the new-ish range indexing syntax.
column[1..^1] column[1..^1] column[1..]
and it compiles down to a Substring call, and ranges are part of C# 8, so they exist since .NET Core 3.1. But even if the syntax is newer (e.g. collection expressions in C# 12) you can often also use features on older target frameworks if they don't require additional runtime support (and even that can often be retrofitted internally).