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People are discussing the characters in a comedy show and one of them asks
高木ってとこじゃないの
From the context I'm guessing it means "You like Takagi, don't you?"
Again the dreaded って. Don't know if it means は or という here. とこ means "place", and when I put it all together I get "It's not a place called Takagi"/"Takagi is not a place". Arghh!!!
This link looked promising but it didn't help in the end.
You are correct that it is a colloquial form of というところ. It doesn't literally mean place, but perhaps you can think of it as “in that vicinity”.
ってとこ is often used when you are pretty sure, but not exactly sure:
Q: How heavy is that bag?
A: 5kgってとこだ (I'd say 5kg)Q: Who do you think she has a crush on?
A: 高木ってとこじゃないの？ (I bet it's Takagi, no?)Q: Why didn't he give me credit for my work?
A: 自分だけほめられたいってとこだろう (He wants all the praise, or something like that.)
From Weblio類語辞書:
ってとこだ
（意義素）ある物事を説明し、要するにそうであることを示す表現。
（類語）そんな感じだ ・ そんな雰囲気だ ・ そんなとこだ
From these definitions the literal sense could be rendered "It's at/about..."
高木ってとこじゃないの？
Is it about(lit: "is (your mind) at") Takagi？
値段相応ってとこかな
It's all about/at matching value to money
