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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

$459

more each month than Lubbock ran you

Columbus runs a little pricier than Lubbock. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

9% more expensive than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Lubbock

vs 0% in Lubbock

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$459 less than Lubbock

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

04a house here

$350k

66% more expensive than Lubbock

vs $211k in Lubbock

05metro size

2.2M

vs 360k in Lubbock

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Lubbock edges ahead with 186 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 29 days drop below 20° vs Lubbock's 7.

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

57/100

1040% higher than Lubbock

vs 5/100 in Lubbock

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

·walk score®

85/100

23% higher than Lubbock

vs 69/100 in Lubbock

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

357% more than Lubbock

vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock

04 · see also

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