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Columbus, OH cityscape

if you left gainesville

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

$198

more expensive each month than Gainesville

Columbus edges out a little pricier. Close enough that the decision rides on the days, not the dollars.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

8% cheaper than Gainesville(vs $1,645/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Gainesville

vs 0% in Gainesville

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$198 less than Gainesville

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

04a house here

$350k

11% more expensive than Gainesville

vs $317k in Gainesville

05metro size

2.2M

vs 350k in Gainesville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Gainesville has the edge here, logging 206 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 29 days below 20° vs Gainesville's 0.

3767% more happening than in Gainesville.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

10% lower than Gainesville

vs 63/100 in Gainesville

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

·walk score®

85/100

7% lower than Gainesville

vs 91/100 in Gainesville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

540% more than Gainesville

vs 5 nonstops in Gainesville

04 · see also

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