$100k salary, packing up from Lafayette
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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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the monthly cost of moving past Lafayette
Atlanta runs a little pricier than Lafayette. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,814/mo
36% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)
5.49%
$208/mo more in state tax than Lafayette
vs 3% in Lafayette
$6,062/mo
$689 less than Lafayette
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$386k
93% more expensive than Lafayette
vs $200k in Lafayette
6.3M
vs 414k in Lafayette
field notes, weather & such.
204
pleasant days a year, in atlanta.
Lafayette edges ahead with 211 pleasant days.
A month here packs 47.8× the events of Lafayette.
67/100
56% higher than Lafayette
vs 43/100 in Lafayette
Closest outdoor draw: Sweetwater Creek State Park, 13.1 mi.
93/100
9% higher than Lafayette
vs 85/100 in Lafayette
217
7133% more than Lafayette
vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette
neighbors of atlanta on the map of tradeoffs:
