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Cleveland, OH cityscape

swapping out of chattanooga

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.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$227

more each month than Chattanooga ran you

Cleveland costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the cleveland entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,419/mo

7% cheaper than Chattanooga(vs $1,524/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Chattanooga

vs 0% in Chattanooga

03after rent

$6,582/mo

$227 less than Chattanooga

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

04a house here

$252k

22% cheaper than Chattanooga

vs $322k in Chattanooga

05metro size

2.2M

vs 580k in Chattanooga

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

159

pleasant days a year, in cleveland.

Chattanooga has the edge here, logging 167 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 27 days below 20° vs Chattanooga's 5.

A real upgrade on things to do: 3.8× Chattanooga's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

63/100

9% lower than Chattanooga

vs 69/100 in Chattanooga

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

·walk score®

96/100

17% higher than Chattanooga

vs 82/100 in Chattanooga

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

56

600% more than Chattanooga

vs 8 nonstops in Chattanooga

04 · see also

cities that play in cleveland's register:

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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