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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

$51

more expensive each month than Montgomery

Barely costlier than Montgomery. If Columbus pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

10% more expensive than Montgomery(vs $1,376/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$84/mo less in state tax than Montgomery

vs 5% in Montgomery

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$51 less than Montgomery

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

04a house here

$350k

65% more expensive than Montgomery

vs $212k in Montgomery

05metro size

2.2M

vs 385k in Montgomery

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Montgomery gets 181 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 29 days drop below 20° vs Montgomery's 1.

263% more happening than in Montgomery.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

30% higher than Montgomery

vs 44/100 in Montgomery

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

·walk score®

85/100

39% higher than Montgomery

vs 61/100 in Montgomery

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

967% more than Montgomery

vs 3 nonstops in Montgomery

04 · see also

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