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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

$183

below Milwaukee's monthly cost

Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Columbus is everything that isn't rent.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

0% more expensive than Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$190/mo less in state tax than Milwaukee

vs 6.27% in Milwaukee

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$183 more than Milwaukee

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

04a house here

$350k

11% cheaper than Milwaukee

vs $394k in Milwaukee

05metro size

2.2M

vs 1.6M in Milwaukee

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Milwaukee barely cracks 149 pleasant ones.

A month here packs 1.7× the events of Milwaukee.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

7% lower than Milwaukee

vs 61/100 in Milwaukee

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

·walk score®

85/100

13% lower than Milwaukee

vs 98/100 in Milwaukee

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

7% more than Milwaukee

vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee

04 · see also

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