same $100k income, fresh start from Lubbock
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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 expensive each month than Lubbock
Akron costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,259/mo
9% cheaper than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)
3.99%
$333/mo more in state tax than Lubbock
vs 0% in Lubbock
$6,742/mo
$207 less than Lubbock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$236k
12% more expensive than Lubbock
vs $211k in Lubbock
698k
vs 360k in Lubbock
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in akron.
Lubbock actually gets more: 186 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 40 days below 20° vs Lubbock's 7.
313% more happening than in Lubbock.
65/100
1200% higher than Lubbock
vs 5/100 in Lubbock
Closest outdoor draw: Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 0.7 mi.
76/100
10% higher than Lubbock
vs 69/100 in Lubbock
11
57% more than Lubbock
vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock
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