with $100k coming in, swapping out of Olympia

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Columbus, OH cityscape

if you left olympia

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

$148

cheaper each month than Olympia

Cost barely budges between Columbus and Olympia. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

24% cheaper than Olympia(vs $1,991/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Olympia

vs 0% in Olympia

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$148 more than Olympia

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

04a house here

$350k

34% cheaper than Olympia

vs $533k in Olympia

05metro size

2.2M

vs 299k in Olympia

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Olympia actually gets more: 182 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 29 days below 20° here, 2 in Olympia.

·outdoorscore

57/100

29% lower than Olympia

vs 80/100 in Olympia

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

·walk score®

85/100

3% lower than Olympia

vs 88/100 in Olympia

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

64% fewer than Olympia

vs 90 nonstops in Olympia

04 · see also

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