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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

$506

more each month than Clarksville ran you

Columbus runs a little pricier than Clarksville. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

13% more expensive than Clarksville(vs $1,337/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Clarksville

vs 0% in Clarksville

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$506 less than Clarksville

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

04a house here

$350k

19% more expensive than Clarksville

vs $294k in Clarksville

05metro size

2.2M

vs 337k in Clarksville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Clarksville edges ahead with 173 pleasant days.

A real upgrade on things to do: 58.0× Clarksville's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

12% higher than Clarksville

vs 51/100 in Clarksville

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

·walk score®

85/100

2% higher than Clarksville

vs 83/100 in Clarksville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

32% fewer than Clarksville

vs 47 nonstops in Clarksville

04 · see also

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