$100k salary, packing up from Boulder

change
Columbus, OH cityscape

instead of boulder

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

$739

below Boulder's monthly cost

The gap is real. Columbus costs noticeably less than Boulder, every month.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

32% cheaper than Boulder(vs $2,216/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$34/mo less in state tax than Boulder

vs 4.4% in Boulder

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$739 more than Boulder

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

04a house here

$350k

55% cheaper than Boulder

vs $783k in Boulder

05metro size

2.2M

vs 327k in Boulder

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Boulder has the edge here, logging 178 pleasant days a year.

A month here packs 19.3× the events of Boulder.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

28% lower than Boulder

vs 79/100 in Boulder

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

·walk score®

85/100

1% higher than Boulder

vs 84/100 in Boulder

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

81% fewer than Boulder

vs 169 nonstops in Boulder

04 · see also

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