on $100k a year, leaving Salt Lake City

change
Columbus, OH cityscape

instead of salt lake city

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

$152

lighter monthly cost than Salt Lake City

Cost barely budges between Columbus and Salt Lake City. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

6% cheaper than Salt Lake City(vs $1,608/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$55/mo less in state tax than Salt Lake City

vs 4.65% in Salt Lake City

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$152 more than Salt Lake City

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

04a house here

$350k

40% cheaper than Salt Lake City

vs $584k in Salt Lake City

05metro size

2.2M

vs 1.3M in Salt Lake City

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Salt Lake City only manages 168 of those.

1.9× the events of Salt Lake City, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

27% lower than Salt Lake City

vs 78/100 in Salt Lake City

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

·walk score®

85/100

6% higher than Salt Lake City

vs 80/100 in Salt Lake City

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

64% fewer than Salt Lake City

vs 90 nonstops in Salt Lake City

04 · see also

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