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Cleveland, OH cityscape

if you left charleston

Cleveland

oh · metro 2.2M

photo: Stephen Leonardi / pexels

a dispatch from

cleveland

OH

41.50°N

81.69°W

Cleveland is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the West Side Market's 100+ years of pierogies and bratwurst, and Lake Erie sunsets that put the coastal hype to shame. The Cuyahoga River caught fire so many times it inspired the Clean Water Act. The Cleveland Orchestra is consistently ranked among the world's best. Summers on the lake are gorgeous, and the food scene is having a real moment.

metro2.2M

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$777

cheaper each month than Charleston

Not a fortune, but real money. Cleveland runs cheaper than Charleston month over month.
landable, recorded on the cleveland entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,419/mo

29% cheaper than Charleston(vs $1,987/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$209/mo less in state tax than Charleston

vs 6.5% in Charleston

03after rent

$6,582/mo

$777 more than Charleston

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

04a house here

$252k

42% cheaper than Charleston

vs $432k in Charleston

05metro size

2.2M

vs 849k in Charleston

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

159

pleasant days a year, in cleveland.

Charleston has the edge here, logging 212 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 27 days below 20° here, 0 in Charleston.

A month here packs 2.1× the events of Charleston.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

63/100

6% lower than Charleston

vs 67/100 in Charleston

Closest outdoor draw: Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 29.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

4% higher than Charleston

vs 92/100 in Charleston

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

56

180% more than Charleston

vs 20 nonstops in Charleston

04 · see also

same energy as cleveland, different zip code:

see also

st. louis

better park access

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see also

kansas city

better weather

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see also

pittsburgh

$23/mo cheaper

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