$100k salary, packing up from Little Rock

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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

$268

the monthly cost of moving past Little Rock

Columbus costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

25% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$34/mo less in state tax than Little Rock

vs 4.4% in Little Rock

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$268 less than Little Rock

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

04a house here

$350k

54% more expensive than Little Rock

vs $228k in Little Rock

05metro size

2.2M

vs 765k in Little Rock

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Little Rock keeps to 163 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 29 days below 20° here, 6 in Little Rock.

A real upgrade on things to do: 8.9× Little Rock's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

6% higher than Little Rock

vs 54/100 in Little Rock

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

·walk score®

85/100

73% higher than Little Rock

vs 49/100 in Little Rock

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

88% more than Little Rock

vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock

04 · see also

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