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Columbus, OH cityscape

next stop after pensacola

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

$91

more each month than Pensacola ran you

Almost a wash on cost. The case for Columbus is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

14% cheaper than Pensacola(vs $1,752/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Pensacola

vs 0% in Pensacola

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$91 less than Pensacola

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

04a house here

$350k

16% more expensive than Pensacola

vs $303k in Pensacola

05metro size

2.2M

vs 530k in Pensacola

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Pensacola edges ahead with 226 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 29 days drop below 20° vs Pensacola's 0.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 4.5× more on the calendar than Pensacola.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

17% lower than Pensacola

vs 69/100 in Pensacola

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

·walk score®

85/100

33% higher than Pensacola

vs 64/100 in Pensacola

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

191% more than Pensacola

vs 11 nonstops in Pensacola

04 · see also

neighbors of columbus on the map of tradeoffs:

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