same $100k income, fresh start from Nashville

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Columbus, OH cityscape

swapping out of nashville

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

$53

more expensive each month than Nashville

Barely costlier than Nashville. 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

16% cheaper than Nashville(vs $1,790/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Nashville

vs 0% in Nashville

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$53 less than Nashville

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

04a house here

$350k

24% cheaper than Nashville

vs $461k in Nashville

05metro size

2.2M

vs 2.1M in Nashville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Nashville gets 173 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 29 days under 20°, vs 8 in Nashville.

Nashville hosts 2.4× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

2% higher than Nashville

vs 56/100 in Nashville

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

·walk score®

85/100

11% lower than Nashville

vs 96/100 in Nashville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

32% fewer than Nashville

vs 47 nonstops in Nashville

04 · see also

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