$100k a year, no longer in Hickory
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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 Hickory ran you
Atlanta runs a little pricier than Hickory. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,814/mo
26% more expensive than Hickory(vs $1,434/mo)
5.49%
$82/mo more in state tax than Hickory
vs 4.5% in Hickory
$6,062/mo
$462 less than Hickory
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$386k
44% more expensive than Hickory
vs $268k in Hickory
6.3M
vs 370k in Hickory
field notes, weather & such.
204
pleasant days a year, in atlanta.
Hickory barely cracks 189 pleasant ones.
12.6× the events of Hickory, and the calendar shows it.
67/100
5% higher than Hickory
vs 64/100 in Hickory
Closest outdoor draw: Sweetwater Creek State Park, 13.1 mi.
93/100
33% higher than Hickory
vs 70/100 in Hickory
217
0% fewer than Hickory
vs 0 nonstops in Hickory
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