$100k salary, packing up from St. Louis

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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

$41

the monthly cost of moving past St. Louis

Barely costlier than St. Louis. If Columbus pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

7% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$59/mo less in state tax than St. Louis

vs 4.7% in St. Louis

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$41 less than St. Louis

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

04a house here

$350k

27% more expensive than St. Louis

vs $277k in St. Louis

05metro size

2.2M

vs 2.8M in St. Louis

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

St. Louis gets 174 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

A month here packs 1.4× the events of St. Louis.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

16% lower than St. Louis

vs 68/100 in St. Louis

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

·walk score®

85/100

2% lower than St. Louis

vs 87/100 in St. Louis

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

47% fewer than St. Louis

vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis

04 · see also

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