$100k salary, packing up from Knoxville

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Columbus, OH cityscape

if you left knoxville

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

$112

the monthly premium over Knoxville

Barely costlier than Knoxville. 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

13% cheaper than Knoxville(vs $1,731/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Knoxville

vs 0% in Knoxville

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$112 less than Knoxville

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

04a house here

$350k

4% cheaper than Knoxville

vs $364k in Knoxville

05metro size

2.2M

vs 947k in Knoxville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Knoxville gets 189 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 29 days drop below 20° vs Knoxville's 9.

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

57/100

17% lower than Knoxville

vs 69/100 in Knoxville

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

·walk score®

85/100

20% higher than Knoxville

vs 71/100 in Knoxville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

88% more than Knoxville

vs 17 nonstops in Knoxville

04 · see also

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