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Cleveland, OH cityscape

if you left virginia beach

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

$547

below Virginia Beach's monthly cost

The gap is real. Cleveland costs noticeably less than Virginia Beach, every month.
landable, recorded on the cleveland entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,419/mo

22% cheaper than Virginia Beach(vs $1,819/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$147/mo less in state tax than Virginia Beach

vs 5.75% in Virginia Beach

03after rent

$6,582/mo

$547 more than Virginia Beach

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

04a house here

$252k

33% cheaper than Virginia Beach

vs $375k in Virginia Beach

05metro size

2.2M

vs 1.8M in Virginia Beach

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

159

pleasant days a year, in cleveland.

Virginia Beach gets 211 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 27 days under 20°, vs 2 in Virginia Beach.

193% more happening than in Virginia Beach.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

63/100

11% higher than Virginia Beach

vs 57/100 in Virginia Beach

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

·walk score®

96/100

9% higher than Virginia Beach

vs 88/100 in Virginia Beach

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

56

229% more than Virginia Beach

vs 17 nonstops in Virginia Beach

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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