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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

$490

below Minneapolis's monthly cost

Columbus gives you room Minneapolis doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

10% cheaper than Minneapolis(vs $1,679/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$322/mo less in state tax than Minneapolis

vs 7.85% in Minneapolis

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$490 more than Minneapolis

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

04a house here

$350k

12% cheaper than Minneapolis

vs $398k in Minneapolis

05metro size

2.2M

vs 3.7M in Minneapolis

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Minneapolis barely cracks 147 pleasant ones.

On par with Minneapolis for events and shows.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

25% lower than Minneapolis

vs 76/100 in Minneapolis

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

·walk score®

85/100

9% lower than Minneapolis

vs 93/100 in Minneapolis

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

75% fewer than Minneapolis

vs 130 nonstops in Minneapolis

04 · see also

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