same $100k income, fresh start from Toledo

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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

$314

pricier each month than Toledo

Columbus runs a little pricier than Toledo. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

26% more expensive than Toledo(vs $1,197/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

vs 3.99% in Toledo

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$314 less than Toledo

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

04a house here

$350k

78% more expensive than Toledo

vs $196k in Toledo

05metro size

2.2M

vs 600k in Toledo

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Toledo barely cracks 159 pleasant ones.

364% more happening than in Toledo.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

4% higher than Toledo

vs 55/100 in Toledo

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

·walk score®

85/100

49% higher than Toledo

vs 57/100 in Toledo

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

700% more than Toledo

vs 4 nonstops in Toledo

04 · see also

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