same $100k income, fresh start from Daytona Beach

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Columbus, OH cityscape

if you left daytona beach

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

$59

pricier each month than Daytona Beach

Barely costlier than Daytona Beach. If Columbus pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

15% cheaper than Daytona Beach(vs $1,784/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Daytona Beach

vs 0% in Daytona Beach

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$59 less than Daytona Beach

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

04a house here

$350k

6% more expensive than Daytona Beach

vs $331k in Daytona Beach

05metro size

2.2M

vs 722k in Daytona Beach

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Daytona Beach gets 212 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 29 days drop below 20° vs Daytona Beach's 0.

729% more happening than in Daytona Beach.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

10% lower than Daytona Beach

vs 63/100 in Daytona Beach

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

·walk score®

85/100

9% higher than Daytona Beach

vs 78/100 in Daytona Beach

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

1500% more than Daytona Beach

vs 2 nonstops in Daytona Beach

04 · see also

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