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Columbus, OH cityscape

if you left salem

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

$528

below Salem's monthly cost

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

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

8% cheaper than Salem(vs $1,642/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$397/mo less in state tax than Salem

vs 8.75% in Salem

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$528 more than Salem

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

04a house here

$350k

23% cheaper than Salem

vs $452k in Salem

05metro size

2.2M

vs 437k in Salem

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Salem actually gets more: 201 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 29 days below 20° vs Salem's 1.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 116.0× more on the calendar than Salem.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

17% lower than Salem

vs 69/100 in Salem

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

·walk score®

85/100

3% lower than Salem

vs 88/100 in Salem

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

0% fewer than Salem

vs 0 nonstops in Salem

04 · see also

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