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Ann Arbor, MI cityscape

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Ann Arbor

mi · metro 366k

photo: Ben Eff / pexels

a dispatch from

ann arbor

MI

42.28°N

83.74°W

Ann Arbor is the University of Michigan, with the Big House (Michigan Stadium) holding over 107,000 people on football Saturdays, making it briefly the third-largest city in Michigan. Downtown is tree-lined brick streets, great independent bookstores, and a food scene with strong Middle Eastern and Korean energy. Zingerman's Deli is a national pilgrimage. The Huron River runs through. College town energy at its best.

metro366k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$166

more each month than Hagerstown ran you

Almost a wash on cost. The case for Ann Arbor is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
landable, recorded on the ann arbor entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,082/mo

31% more expensive than Hagerstown(vs $1,587/mo)

02state income tax

4.25%

$329/mo less in state tax than Hagerstown

vs 8.2% in Hagerstown

03after rent

$5,897/mo

$166 less than Hagerstown

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$429k

34% more expensive than Hagerstown

vs $321k in Hagerstown

05metro size

366k

vs 305k in Hagerstown

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

154

pleasant days a year, in ann arbor.

Hagerstown edges ahead with 160 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 51 days drop below 20° vs Hagerstown's 24.

About as much going on as in Hagerstown.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

56/100

0% lower than Hagerstown

vs 56/100 in Hagerstown

Closest outdoor draw: Seven Lakes State Park, 36.3 mi.

·walk score®

97/100

10% higher than Hagerstown

vs 88/100 in Hagerstown

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

135

6650% more than Hagerstown

vs 2 nonstops in Hagerstown

04 · see also

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