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Columbus, OH cityscape

if you left indianapolis

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

$82

more expensive each month than Indianapolis

Barely costlier than Indianapolis. 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

0% more expensive than Indianapolis(vs $1,511/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$82/mo more in state tax than Indianapolis

vs 3% in Indianapolis

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$82 less than Indianapolis

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

04a house here

$350k

18% more expensive than Indianapolis

vs $296k in Indianapolis

05metro size

2.2M

vs 2.1M in Indianapolis

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Indianapolis gets 174 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

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

57/100

8% lower than Indianapolis

vs 62/100 in Indianapolis

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

·walk score®

85/100

14% lower than Indianapolis

vs 99/100 in Indianapolis

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

9% fewer than Indianapolis

vs 35 nonstops in Indianapolis

04 · see also

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