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Columbus, OH cityscape

next stop after boston

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

$1,718

lighter monthly cost than Boston

Columbus is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

52% cheaper than Boston(vs $3,145/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$84/mo less in state tax than Boston

vs 5% in Boston

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$1,718 more than Boston

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

04a house here

$350k

55% cheaper than Boston

vs $771k in Boston

05metro size

2.2M

vs 4.9M in Boston

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Boston keeps to 160 pleasant days a year.

Boston hosts 1.4× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

20% lower than Boston

vs 71/100 in Boston

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

·walk score®

85/100

13% lower than Boston

vs 98/100 in Boston

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

69% fewer than Boston

vs 103 nonstops in Boston

04 · see also

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