$100k a year, no longer in Bridgeport
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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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under Bridgeport, every month
Atlanta is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,814/mo
34% cheaper than Bridgeport(vs $2,767/mo)
5.49%
$1/mo less in state tax than Bridgeport
vs 5.5% in Bridgeport
$6,062/mo
$954 more than Bridgeport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$386k
50% cheaper than Bridgeport
vs $768k in Bridgeport
6.3M
vs 952k in Bridgeport
field notes, weather & such.
204
pleasant days a year, in atlanta.
Bridgeport only manages 172 of those.
34.1× the events of Bridgeport, and the calendar shows it.
67/100
5% higher than Bridgeport
vs 64/100 in Bridgeport
Closest outdoor draw: Sweetwater Creek State Park, 13.1 mi.
93/100
1% higher than Bridgeport
vs 92/100 in Bridgeport
217
21600% more than Bridgeport
vs 1 nonstops in Bridgeport
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