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Columbus, OH cityscape

next stop after springfield

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

$203

the monthly cost of moving past Springfield

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

21% more expensive than Springfield(vs $1,249/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$59/mo less in state tax than Springfield

vs 4.7% in Springfield

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$203 less than Springfield

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

04a house here

$350k

30% more expensive than Springfield

vs $268k in Springfield

05metro size

2.2M

vs 491k in Springfield

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Springfield keeps to 170 pleasant days a year.

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

57/100

14% higher than Springfield

vs 50/100 in Springfield

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

·walk score®

85/100

4% lower than Springfield

vs 89/100 in Springfield

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

256% more than Springfield

vs 9 nonstops in Springfield

04 · see also

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