same $100k income, fresh start from Columbus

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New Haven, CT cityscape

swapping out of columbus

New Haven

ct · metro 568k

a dispatch from

new haven

CT

41.31°N

72.92°W

New Haven invented apizza (that's a-PEETS, the local New Haven Italian style), and Frank Pepe's claims the white clam pie as their original. Yale anchors the city with its Gothic spires and museums (the Yale University Art Gallery is free and exceptional). The Long Island Sound is right there, and the city's a 90-minute train ride to Grand Central. Pizza-pilgrimage worthy on its own.

metro568k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$826

more each month than Columbus ran you

New Haven costs noticeably more than Columbus. You'd be paying for New Haven itself, not for breathing room around it.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

65% more expensive than Columbus(vs $1,264/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$1/mo more in state tax than Columbus

vs 5.49% in Columbus

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$826 less than Columbus

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

04a house here

$424k

104% more expensive than Columbus

vs $208k in Columbus

05metro size

568k

vs 329k in Columbus

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Columbus actually gets more: 177 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 40 days below 20° here, 2 in Columbus.

On par with Columbus for events and shows.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

43% higher than Columbus

vs 47/100 in Columbus

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

23% higher than Columbus

vs 78/100 in Columbus

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

0% fewer than Columbus

vs 1 nonstops in Columbus

04 · see also

cities that play in new haven's register: