on $100k a year, leaving Baltimore

change
Columbus, OH cityscape

instead of baltimore

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

$708

lighter monthly cost than Baltimore

Columbus gives you room Baltimore 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

19% cheaper than Baltimore(vs $1,868/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$351/mo less in state tax than Baltimore

vs 8.2% in Baltimore

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$708 more than Baltimore

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

04a house here

$350k

15% cheaper than Baltimore

vs $412k in Baltimore

05metro size

2.2M

vs 2.8M in Baltimore

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Baltimore only logs 168 pleasant days.

A month here packs 1.7× the events of Baltimore.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

14% lower than Baltimore

vs 66/100 in Baltimore

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

·walk score®

85/100

13% lower than Baltimore

vs 98/100 in Baltimore

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

56% fewer than Baltimore

vs 72 nonstops in Baltimore

04 · see also

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