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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

$178

less monthly outlay than Rochester

Columbus and Rochester land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

1% cheaper than Rochester(vs $1,534/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$155/mo less in state tax than Rochester

vs 5.85% in Rochester

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$178 more than Rochester

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

04a house here

$350k

28% more expensive than Rochester

vs $273k in Rochester

05metro size

2.2M

vs 1.1M in Rochester

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Rochester barely cracks 147 pleasant ones.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 3.9× more on the calendar than Rochester.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

2% lower than Rochester

vs 58/100 in Rochester

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

·walk score®

85/100

23% higher than Rochester

vs 69/100 in Rochester

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

78% more than Rochester

vs 18 nonstops in Rochester

04 · see also

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