$100k salary, packing up from Lafayette

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Columbus, OH cityscape

if you left lafayette

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

$261

the monthly premium over Lafayette

Columbus costs more than Lafayette, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

13% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$82/mo more in state tax than Lafayette

vs 3% in Lafayette

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$261 less than Lafayette

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

04a house here

$350k

75% more expensive than Lafayette

vs $200k in Lafayette

05metro size

2.2M

vs 414k in Lafayette

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Lafayette gets 211 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 29 days under 20°, vs 0 in Lafayette.

2220% more happening than in Lafayette.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

33% higher than Lafayette

vs 43/100 in Lafayette

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

·walk score®

85/100

0% lower than Lafayette

vs 85/100 in Lafayette

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

967% more than Lafayette

vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette

04 · see also

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