01 · the cities
Bridgeport
Bridgeport is the largest city in Connecticut, sitting on Long Island Sound with a working harbor and a real waterfront. P.T. Barnum lived here and the city's museum still pays tribute to his weird genius. It's a quick train ride to New York, with much cheaper housing and proper New England summers. The food scene punches above its weight, with old-school Portuguese and Brazilian spots packed every weekend.
full dispatch→Columbus
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.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,767/mo
$1,511/mo
$1,256/mo less than Bridgeport (83%)
Median home price
Median home price
$768k
$350k
$418k less than Bridgeport
State income tax
State income tax
5.5%
4.0%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$5,108/mo
$6,490/mo
Columbus has $1,382/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
172 days
171 days
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
0 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
15 days
29 days
days below 20°F per year
Columbus drops below 20°F on 14 more days per year than Bridgeport.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
64 / 100
57 / 100
7.0 pts behind Bridgeport
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
1 routes
32 routes
31 more direct routes than Bridgeport
Metro size
Metro size
952k metro
2.2M metro
Bridgeport has 16.6x fewer events per month than Columbus.
the verdict
2
Bridgeport
categories won
5
Columbus
categories won
Columbus wins on money. Bridgeport has the edge on weather.
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