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Columbus, OH cityscape

next stop after albany

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

$287

lighter monthly cost than Albany

Columbus gives you room Albany doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

8% cheaper than Albany(vs $1,643/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$155/mo less in state tax than Albany

vs 5.85% in Albany

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$287 more than Albany

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

04a house here

$350k

3% cheaper than Albany

vs $361k in Albany

05metro size

2.2M

vs 905k in Albany

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Albany barely cracks 147 pleasant ones.

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

57/100

21% lower than Albany

vs 72/100 in Albany

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

·walk score®

85/100

7% lower than Albany

vs 91/100 in Albany

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

68% more than Albany

vs 19 nonstops in Albany

04 · see also

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