on $100k a year, leaving Worcester

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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

$713

lighter monthly cost than Worcester

Columbus gives you room Worcester doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

29% cheaper than Worcester(vs $2,140/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$84/mo less in state tax than Worcester

vs 5% in Worcester

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$713 more than Worcester

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

04a house here

$350k

28% cheaper than Worcester

vs $486k in Worcester

05metro size

2.2M

vs 867k in Worcester

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Worcester barely cracks 148 pleasant ones.

287% more happening than in Worcester.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

3% lower than Worcester

vs 59/100 in Worcester

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

·walk score®

85/100

6% lower than Worcester

vs 90/100 in Worcester

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

1500% more than Worcester

vs 2 nonstops in Worcester

04 · see also

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