with $100k coming in, swapping out of Columbus
changea dispatch from
cincinnati
OH
39.10°N
84.51°W
Cincinnati is chili served on spaghetti (Skyline and Gold Star will fight you about which is better), German heritage in Over-the-Rhine's beer halls, and a riverfront that looks straight across at Kentucky. OTR's brick warehouses have become one of the best urban revitalizations in the country. The Reds play in baseball's oldest professional city. Pronounce it correctly and the locals warm up fast.
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more expensive each month than Columbus
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Cincinnati is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,549/mo
23% more expensive than Columbus(vs $1,264/mo)
3.99%
$125/mo less in state tax than Columbus
vs 5.49% in Columbus
$6,452/mo
$160 less than Columbus
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
52% more expensive than Columbus
vs $208k in Columbus
2.3M
vs 329k in Columbus
field notes, weather & such.
162
pleasant days a year, in cincinnati.
Columbus edges ahead with 177 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 26 days under 20°, vs 2 in Columbus.
278% more happening than in Columbus.
72/100
53% higher than Columbus
vs 47/100 in Columbus
Closest outdoor draw: East Fork State Park, 22.8 mi.
96/100
23% higher than Columbus
vs 78/100 in Columbus
47
4600% more than Columbus
vs 1 nonstops in Columbus
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