$100k a year, no longer in Kennewick
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akron
OH
41.08°N
81.52°W
Akron was the Rubber City (Goodyear, Firestone, BFGoodrich all built here), and the legacy still shapes its industrial bones. LeBron James is from Akron and never forgets it. The Goodyear blimp is based in town. The Cuyahoga Valley National Park is just north, with waterfalls and rail-trails. Cheaper than Cleveland, with its own quiet charm.
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less monthly outlay than Kennewick
On paper, Akron and Kennewick are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,259/mo
25% cheaper than Kennewick(vs $1,686/mo)
3.99%
$333/mo more in state tax than Kennewick
vs 0% in Kennewick
$6,742/mo
$95 more than Kennewick
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$236k
46% cheaper than Kennewick
vs $441k in Kennewick
698k
vs 314k in Kennewick
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in akron.
Kennewick gets 199 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 40 days under 20°, vs 8 in Kennewick.
3200% more happening than in Kennewick.
65/100
12% lower than Kennewick
vs 74/100 in Kennewick
Closest outdoor draw: Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 0.7 mi.
76/100
38% higher than Kennewick
vs 55/100 in Kennewick
11
38% more than Kennewick
vs 8 nonstops in Kennewick
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