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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

$1,382

under Bridgeport, every month

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

45% cheaper than Bridgeport(vs $2,767/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$126/mo less in state tax than Bridgeport

vs 5.5% in Bridgeport

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$1,382 more than Bridgeport

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

04a house here

$350k

54% cheaper than Bridgeport

vs $768k in Bridgeport

05metro size

2.2M

vs 952k in Bridgeport

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Bridgeport actually gets more: 172 pleasant days a year.

A month here packs 16.6× the events of Bridgeport.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

11% lower than Bridgeport

vs 64/100 in Bridgeport

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

·walk score®

85/100

8% lower than Bridgeport

vs 92/100 in Bridgeport

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

3100% more than Bridgeport

vs 1 nonstops in Bridgeport

04 · see also

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