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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

$1,745

under Salinas, every month

Columbus is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

46% cheaper than Salinas(vs $2,813/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$442/mo less in state tax than Salinas

vs 9.3% in Salinas

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$1,745 more than Salinas

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

04a house here

$350k

59% cheaper than Salinas

vs $862k in Salinas

05metro size

2.2M

vs 431k in Salinas

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Salinas has the edge here, logging 335 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 29 days below 20° vs Salinas's 0.

·outdoorscore

57/100

20% lower than Salinas

vs 71/100 in Salinas

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

·walk score®

85/100

8% higher than Salinas

vs 79/100 in Salinas

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

433% more than Salinas

vs 6 nonstops in Salinas

04 · see also

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