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Columbus, OH cityscape

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Columbus

oh · metro 2.2M

photo: Matt Ashworth / pexels

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

$227

more expensive each month than York

Columbus runs a little pricier than York. 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

11% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$77/mo more in state tax than York

vs 3.07% in York

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$227 less than York

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

04a house here

$350k

13% more expensive than York

vs $310k in York

05metro size

2.2M

vs 465k in York

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

York barely cracks 159 pleasant ones.

A real upgrade on things to do: 116.0× York's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

11% lower than York

vs 64/100 in York

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

·walk score®

85/100

9% lower than York

vs 93/100 in York

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

167% more than York

vs 12 nonstops in York

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as columbus:

see also

indianapolis

$82/mo cheaper

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see also

birmingham

$20/mo cheaper

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see also

kansas city

more things to do

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