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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

$132

lighter monthly cost than Spartanburg

On paper, Columbus and Spartanburg are twins. In practice they live very differently.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

5% more expensive than Spartanburg(vs $1,434/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$209/mo less in state tax than Spartanburg

vs 6.5% in Spartanburg

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$132 more than Spartanburg

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

04a house here

$350k

26% more expensive than Spartanburg

vs $277k in Spartanburg

05metro size

2.2M

vs 383k in Spartanburg

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Spartanburg has the edge here, logging 191 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 29 days below 20° vs Spartanburg's 4.

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

57/100

16% lower than Spartanburg

vs 68/100 in Spartanburg

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

·walk score®

85/100

10% higher than Spartanburg

vs 77/100 in Spartanburg

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

60% more than Spartanburg

vs 20 nonstops in Spartanburg

04 · see also

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