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Columbus, OH cityscape

if you left sacramento

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

$1,158

less monthly outlay than Sacramento

Columbus runs on a fraction of Sacramento's budget. Same paycheck, real lifestyle upgrade.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

32% cheaper than Sacramento(vs $2,226/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$442/mo less in state tax than Sacramento

vs 9.3% in Sacramento

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$1,158 more than Sacramento

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

04a house here

$350k

41% cheaper than Sacramento

vs $589k in Sacramento

05metro size

2.2M

vs 2.4M in Sacramento

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Sacramento actually gets more: 211 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 29 days below 20° vs Sacramento's 0.

A month here packs 1.4× the events of Sacramento.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

24% lower than Sacramento

vs 75/100 in Sacramento

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

·walk score®

85/100

13% lower than Sacramento

vs 98/100 in Sacramento

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

14% more than Sacramento

vs 28 nonstops in Sacramento

04 · see also

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