$100k a year, no longer in Akron

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Columbus, OH cityscape

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Columbus

oh · metro 2.2M

a dispatch from

columbus

OH

39.96°N

83.00°W

Columbus is Ohio State on autumn Saturdays (the Horseshoe holds 100,000+ and they all wear scarlet), German Village's cobblestone streets and brick cottages, and a Short North gallery scene that punches well above its weight. It's quietly become a test market for the rest of America because the demographics line up so neatly. The food scene leans young, weird, and good. 'Buckeyes' here can mean either the football team or the chocolate-peanut-butter candy.

metro2.2M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$252

the monthly cost of moving past Akron

Columbus runs a little pricier than Akron. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

20% more expensive than Akron(vs $1,259/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

vs 3.99% in Akron

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$252 less than Akron

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

04a house here

$350k

48% more expensive than Akron

vs $236k in Akron

05metro size

2.2M

vs 698k in Akron

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Akron barely cracks 152 pleasant ones.

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

57/100

12% lower than Akron

vs 65/100 in Akron

Closest outdoor draw: Alum Creek State Park, 16.2 mi.

·walk score®

85/100

12% higher than Akron

vs 76/100 in Akron

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

191% more than Akron

vs 11 nonstops in Akron

04 · see also

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