with $100k coming in, swapping out of Roanoke

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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

$18

below Roanoke's monthly cost

A near-tie on cost. What separates Columbus is the life around the numbers.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

9% more expensive than Roanoke(vs $1,382/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$147/mo less in state tax than Roanoke

vs 5.75% in Roanoke

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$18 more than Roanoke

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

04a house here

$350k

18% more expensive than Roanoke

vs $296k in Roanoke

05metro size

2.2M

vs 314k in Roanoke

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Roanoke gets 179 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

A month here packs 9.7× the events of Roanoke.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

17% lower than Roanoke

vs 69/100 in Roanoke

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

·walk score®

85/100

10% lower than Roanoke

vs 94/100 in Roanoke

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

256% more than Roanoke

vs 9 nonstops in Roanoke

04 · see also

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