on $100k a year, leaving Greeley

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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

$221

lighter monthly cost than Greeley

Columbus gives you room Greeley doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

11% cheaper than Greeley(vs $1,698/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$34/mo less in state tax than Greeley

vs 4.4% in Greeley

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$221 more than Greeley

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

04a house here

$350k

30% cheaper than Greeley

vs $497k in Greeley

05metro size

2.2M

vs 359k in Greeley

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Greeley actually gets more: 177 pleasant days a year.

29.0× the events of Greeley, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

15% lower than Greeley

vs 67/100 in Greeley

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

·walk score®

85/100

29% higher than Greeley

vs 66/100 in Greeley

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

81% fewer than Greeley

vs 169 nonstops in Greeley

04 · see also

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