| | Columbus, OH | Bay City, MI | United States |
| Overall | 91.4 | 81.8 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 98.8 | 89.0 | 100 |
| Health | 89.5 | 90.0 | 100 |
| Housing | 70.6 | 23.2 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $220,100 | $92,600 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 10,210.0% | 9,390.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 90.1 | 92.4 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 107.5 | 97.6 | 100 |
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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for More
The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer More
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Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc. More
But everything else is going to More
There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't More
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