on $100k a year, leaving Oxnard

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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

$1,927

lighter monthly cost than Oxnard

Columbus is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

50% cheaper than Oxnard(vs $2,995/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$442/mo less in state tax than Oxnard

vs 9.3% in Oxnard

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$1,927 more than Oxnard

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

04a house here

$350k

62% cheaper than Oxnard

vs $923k in Oxnard

05metro size

2.2M

vs 830k in Oxnard

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Oxnard gets 342 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 29 days drop below 20° vs Oxnard's 0.

A month here packs 4.8× the events of Oxnard.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

23% lower than Oxnard

vs 74/100 in Oxnard

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

·walk score®

85/100

11% lower than Oxnard

vs 96/100 in Oxnard

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

0% fewer than Oxnard

vs 0 nonstops in Oxnard

04 · see also

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