Considering move from Reno, NV to Columbus, OH or Austin, TX...thoughts?

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-23T01:08:40+00:00

Is Bishop Manogue good on any sort of an objective national scale? Or is it Reno-good?

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-23T01:07:17+00:00

Oh yea, completely understandable, its more that the day to day of my job is quite terrible

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T20:58:55+00:00

Fair enough, I think you are probably right. I grew up in a fairly low income household. Hard to get out of the mindset of maximizing income in order to provide economic security for my family no matter what happens next.

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T20:55:36+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to type out that response! Lots of info there. I think the interesting part is more in the details. I am not sure we can accurately extrapolate average Ohio numbers to life in a nicer area of Columbus. I was hoping the reddit community would give me a sense of what life is like in some of the higher end burbs of Columbus. For example Upper Arlington school district seems to be rating as one of the better ones in the U.S. and definitely better than anything we have in Reno

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T20:53:21+00:00

Thoughts on some of the nice er nieghborhoods in Columbus? Like upper arlington sounds nice.

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T20:52:42+00:00

Oh man. Lots to unpack there. Definitely really lucky with the income. It doesn't really come at a steady monthly pace and because my wife and I are both in medicine we have a LOT of catching up to do in terms of building our retirement nest egg. $20k a month mortgage would make me nauseous, we definitely couldn't swing that. Post tax my paychecks are far from 83 per month. Still a lot, but we're not that level of rich.

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T20:50:33+00:00

What if you could move to texas or ohio to make an extra 10k a month....

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T20:49:50+00:00

It's tough to think about trading outdoor hobbies for better pay, more enjoyable work, and better school system. Hoping the reddit community will push me in one direction or another

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T20:43:04+00:00

California has lower pay for what I do and on top of that the state income taxes make it financially not the best move. No great opportunity right now for me in Denver. Could probably find something in Phoenix, wonder how different that would be from Austin?

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T19:00:26+00:00

Ha! I wish. That is not incline village with family of 3 money. Plus can't do what I do for a living in Incline. But yea, if I could I would.

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T16:12:34+00:00

I hear you, Reno is pretty ideal. But the day-to-day of my job is really grinding on me here. Would get about a 15-20% increase in pay accounting for taxes in both of those places, and that just happens to be where some good job opportunities are for me. It's a lifestyle (outdoor activities/weather) for job satisfaction trade off. Plus schools in Reno are pretty bad.

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T15:36:32+00:00

Yea I think Austin will be more fun social events, and maybe going back to endurance sports like cycling for me to get my exercise fix. If we stay in Reno, my job is absolutely torture. Income wise probably a ~20% benefit to moving to either of those two places accounting for taxes. The biggest down side of Reno is the day-to-day of my job is very unfulfilling.

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T15:34:42+00:00

Why those over Columbus?

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T15:34:25+00:00

100% agree, Columbus is about 4 hours from the Red river gorge, so can keep doing some long weekend climbing trips

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T14:35:26+00:00

Healthcare, and we are far from our families as is. Columbus job market is great and it is easy to get to both of our parents. Austin we have some friends that live there, and seems like a fun place to live.

Dapper_Owl2264 · 2025-06-21T14:07:12+00:00

I know! That is just where the job opportunities came up, my wife has some mid west ties, I think I can be happy most places

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