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Columbus, OH cityscape

next stop after buffalo

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

$18

below Buffalo's monthly cost

On paper, Columbus and Buffalo are twins. In practice they live very differently.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

10% more expensive than Buffalo(vs $1,374/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$155/mo less in state tax than Buffalo

vs 5.85% in Buffalo

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$18 more than Buffalo

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

04a house here

$350k

25% more expensive than Buffalo

vs $280k in Buffalo

05metro size

2.2M

vs 1.2M in Buffalo

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Buffalo barely cracks 152 pleasant ones.

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

57/100

14% lower than Buffalo

vs 66/100 in Buffalo

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

·walk score®

85/100

7% lower than Buffalo

vs 91/100 in Buffalo

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

60% more than Buffalo

vs 20 nonstops in Buffalo

04 · see also

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