with $100k coming in, swapping out of Shreveport

change
Columbus, OH cityscape

instead of shreveport

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

$285

more expensive each month than Shreveport

Columbus costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

16% more expensive than Shreveport(vs $1,308/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$82/mo more in state tax than Shreveport

vs 3% in Shreveport

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$285 less than Shreveport

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

04a house here

$350k

99% more expensive than Shreveport

vs $176k in Shreveport

05metro size

2.2M

vs 383k in Shreveport

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Shreveport keeps to 159 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 29 days below 20° vs Shreveport's 2.

116.0× the events of Shreveport, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

2% higher than Shreveport

vs 56/100 in Shreveport

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

·walk score®

85/100

67% higher than Shreveport

vs 51/100 in Shreveport

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

540% more than Shreveport

vs 5 nonstops in Shreveport

04 · see also

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