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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

$316

more each month than Tallahassee ran you

You'd pay for Columbus. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

1% cheaper than Tallahassee(vs $1,527/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Tallahassee

vs 0% in Tallahassee

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$316 less than Tallahassee

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

04a house here

$350k

21% more expensive than Tallahassee

vs $289k in Tallahassee

05metro size

2.2M

vs 393k in Tallahassee

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Tallahassee has the edge here, logging 186 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 29 days below 20° vs Tallahassee's 0.

A month here packs 58.0× the events of Tallahassee.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

2% lower than Tallahassee

vs 58/100 in Tallahassee

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

·walk score®

85/100

10% higher than Tallahassee

vs 77/100 in Tallahassee

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

357% more than Tallahassee

vs 7 nonstops in Tallahassee

04 · see also

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