on $100k a year, leaving Dayton

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Cincinnati, OH cityscape

if you left dayton

Cincinnati

oh · metro 2.3M

a 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.

metro2.3M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$228

pricier each month than Dayton

Cincinnati runs a little pricier than Dayton. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the cincinnati entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,549/mo

17% more expensive than Dayton(vs $1,321/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

vs 3.99% in Dayton

03after rent

$6,452/mo

$228 less than Dayton

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$316k

127% more expensive than Dayton

vs $139k in Dayton

05metro size

2.3M

vs 808k in Dayton

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

162

pleasant days a year, in cincinnati.

Dayton edges ahead with 171 pleasant days.

6.2× the events of Dayton, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

72/100

16% higher than Dayton

vs 62/100 in Dayton

Closest outdoor draw: East Fork State Park, 22.8 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

8% higher than Dayton

vs 89/100 in Dayton

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

47

194% more than Dayton

vs 16 nonstops in Dayton

04 · see also

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