same $100k income, fresh start from Augusta
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atlanta
GA
33.75°N
84.39°W
Atlanta is hip-hop's current capital, with 'Peachtree' in seemingly every other street name and the busiest airport in the world acting as the city's front door. The Beltline turned old rail corridors into a 22-mile loop of murals, breweries, and joggers. Food culture spans soul food, Vietnamese banh mi in Buford Highway strip malls, and barbecue. The tree canopy is one of the densest in any major American city.
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more each month than Augusta ran you
Atlanta runs a little pricier than Augusta. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,814/mo
26% more expensive than Augusta(vs $1,443/mo)
5.49%
vs 5.49% in Augusta
$6,062/mo
$371 less than Augusta
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$386k
56% more expensive than Augusta
vs $247k in Augusta
6.3M
vs 628k in Augusta
field notes, weather & such.
204
pleasant days a year, in atlanta.
Augusta barely cracks 191 pleasant ones.
7867% more happening than in Augusta.
67/100
46% higher than Augusta
vs 46/100 in Augusta
Closest outdoor draw: Sweetwater Creek State Park, 13.1 mi.
93/100
26% higher than Augusta
vs 74/100 in Augusta
217
7133% more than Augusta
vs 3 nonstops in Augusta
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