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Cleveland, OH cityscape

swapping out of columbus

Cleveland

oh · metro 2.2M

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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

$30

more each month than Columbus ran you

Barely costlier than Columbus. If Cleveland pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
landable, recorded on the cleveland entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,419/mo

12% more expensive than Columbus(vs $1,264/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$125/mo less in state tax than Columbus

vs 5.49% in Columbus

03after rent

$6,582/mo

$30 less than Columbus

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

04a house here

$252k

21% more expensive than Columbus

vs $208k in Columbus

05metro size

2.2M

vs 329k in Columbus

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

159

pleasant days a year, in cleveland.

Columbus gets 177 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 27 days drop below 20° vs Columbus's 2.

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

63/100

34% higher than Columbus

vs 47/100 in Columbus

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

·walk score®

96/100

23% higher than Columbus

vs 78/100 in Columbus

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

56

5500% more than Columbus

vs 1 nonstops in Columbus

04 · see also

neighbors of cleveland on the map of tradeoffs:

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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