$100k salary, packing up from Augusta

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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

$57

less monthly outlay than Augusta

Cost barely budges between Columbus and Augusta. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

5% more expensive than Augusta(vs $1,443/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$125/mo less in state tax than Augusta

vs 5.49% in Augusta

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$57 more than Augusta

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

04a house here

$350k

42% more expensive than Augusta

vs $247k in Augusta

05metro size

2.2M

vs 628k in Augusta

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Augusta gets 191 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 29 days under 20°, vs 2 in Augusta.

3767% more happening than in Augusta.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

24% higher than Augusta

vs 46/100 in Augusta

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

·walk score®

85/100

15% higher than Augusta

vs 74/100 in Augusta

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

967% more than Augusta

vs 3 nonstops in Augusta

04 · see also

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