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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

$137

below Albuquerque's monthly cost

Columbus and Albuquerque land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

1% more expensive than Albuquerque(vs $1,489/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$159/mo less in state tax than Albuquerque

vs 5.9% in Albuquerque

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$137 more than Albuquerque

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

04a house here

$350k

0% more expensive than Albuquerque

vs $351k in Albuquerque

05metro size

2.2M

vs 924k in Albuquerque

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Albuquerque actually gets more: 205 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 29 days below 20° vs Albuquerque's 6.

176% more happening than in Albuquerque.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

30% lower than Albuquerque

vs 81/100 in Albuquerque

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

·walk score®

85/100

10% lower than Albuquerque

vs 94/100 in Albuquerque

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

39% more than Albuquerque

vs 23 nonstops in Albuquerque

04 · see also

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