on $100k a year, leaving Kingsport
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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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more each month than Kingsport ran you
Akron costs more than Kingsport, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,259/mo
9% cheaper than Kingsport(vs $1,383/mo)
3.99%
$333/mo more in state tax than Kingsport
vs 0% in Kingsport
$6,742/mo
$208 less than Kingsport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$236k
3% cheaper than Kingsport
vs $244k in Kingsport
698k
vs 312k in Kingsport
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in akron.
Kingsport gets 188 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 40 days under 20°, vs 15 in Kingsport.
4.1× the events of Kingsport, and the calendar shows it.
65/100
10% higher than Kingsport
vs 59/100 in Kingsport
Closest outdoor draw: Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 0.7 mi.
76/100
3% higher than Kingsport
vs 74/100 in Kingsport
11
175% more than Kingsport
vs 4 nonstops in Kingsport
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