$100k salary, packing up from Hickory

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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

$34

more each month than Hickory ran you

Barely costlier than Hickory. 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

5% more expensive than Hickory(vs $1,434/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$43/mo less in state tax than Hickory

vs 4.5% in Hickory

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$34 less than Hickory

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

04a house here

$350k

30% more expensive than Hickory

vs $268k in Hickory

05metro size

2.2M

vs 370k in Hickory

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Hickory gets 189 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 29 days under 20°, vs 4 in Hickory.

511% more happening than in Hickory.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

11% lower than Hickory

vs 64/100 in Hickory

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

·walk score®

85/100

21% higher than Hickory

vs 70/100 in Hickory

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

0% fewer than Hickory

vs 0 nonstops in Hickory

04 · see also

neighbors of columbus on the map of tradeoffs:

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