01 · the cities
Oxnard
Oxnard is California's strawberry capital, where the fields literally run up to the beach. Channel Islands Harbor is a quiet alternative to the busier Ventura and Santa Barbara, with great seafood and a chill Mexican food scene. The weather is the perfect 65-and-overcast that locals call 'June gloom' for most of summer. The Channel Islands themselves are a ferry ride away.
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
$2,995/mo
$1,511/mo
$1,484/mo less than Oxnard (98%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$350k
$573k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
4.0%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,490/mo
Columbus has $1,927/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
342 days
171 days
171 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
0 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
29 days
days below 20°F per year
Columbus drops below 20°F on 29 more days per year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
57 / 100
17.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
32 routes
32 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
2.2M metro
Oxnard has 4.8x fewer events per month than Columbus.
the verdict
3
Oxnard
categories won
5
Columbus
categories won
Columbus wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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