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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

$75

the monthly premium over Des Moines

Almost a wash on cost. The case for Columbus is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

19% more expensive than Des Moines(vs $1,268/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$167/mo less in state tax than Des Moines

vs 6% in Des Moines

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$75 less than Des Moines

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

04a house here

$350k

17% more expensive than Des Moines

vs $300k in Des Moines

05metro size

2.2M

vs 737k in Des Moines

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Des Moines barely cracks 151 pleasant ones.

A month here packs 2.5× the events of Des Moines.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

4% higher than Des Moines

vs 55/100 in Des Moines

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

·walk score®

85/100

9% higher than Des Moines

vs 78/100 in Des Moines

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

88% more than Des Moines

vs 17 nonstops in Des Moines

04 · see also

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