with $100k coming in, swapping out of San Luis Obispo
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columbus
GA
32.46°N
84.99°W
Columbus is on the Chattahoochee River, with the longest urban whitewater course in the world (since 2013) running right through downtown for rafting and surfing waves. Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) is the city's anchor. The Riverwalk stretches for miles. The downtown has come back nicely with restaurants and breweries. Smaller and friendlier than the city's industrial reputation suggests.
in our guides
the verdict
cheaper each month than San Luis Obispo
Columbus is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,264/mo
59% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
5.49%
$317/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,612/mo
$2,149 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$208k
78% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
329k
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in columbus.
San Luis Obispo gets 303 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Hot stretches show up, though: 39 days above 95° here, 14 in San Luis Obispo.
130% more happening than in San Luis Obispo.
47/100
31% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: Standing Boy Creek State Park, 8.1 mi.
78/100
20% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
1
67% fewer than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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