with $100k coming in, swapping out of Port St. Lucie

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Columbus, OH cityscape

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Columbus

oh · metro 2.2M

photo: Matt Ashworth / pexels

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

$488

cheaper each month than Port St. Lucie

You'd feel the difference in Columbus. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Port St. Lucie.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

35% cheaper than Port St. Lucie(vs $2,331/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Port St. Lucie

vs 0% in Port St. Lucie

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$488 more than Port St. Lucie

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

04a house here

$350k

12% cheaper than Port St. Lucie

vs $397k in Port St. Lucie

05metro size

2.2M

vs 537k in Port St. Lucie

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Port St. Lucie gets 246 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 29 days under 20°, vs 0 in Port St. Lucie.

·outdoorscore

57/100

14% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 50/100 in Port St. Lucie

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

·walk score®

85/100

750% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 10/100 in Port St. Lucie

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

39% more than Port St. Lucie

vs 23 nonstops in Port St. Lucie

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as columbus:

see also

indianapolis

$82/mo cheaper

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see also

birmingham

$20/mo cheaper

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see also

kansas city

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