same $100k income, fresh start from Little Rock
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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 expensive each month than Little Rock
Atlanta costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,814/mo
50% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)
5.49%
$91/mo more in state tax than Little Rock
vs 4.4% in Little Rock
$6,062/mo
$696 less than Little Rock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$386k
70% more expensive than Little Rock
vs $228k in Little Rock
6.3M
vs 765k in Little Rock
field notes, weather & such.
204
pleasant days a year, in atlanta.
Little Rock only manages 163 of those.
18.4× the events of Little Rock, and the calendar shows it.
67/100
24% higher than Little Rock
vs 54/100 in Little Rock
Closest outdoor draw: Sweetwater Creek State Park, 13.1 mi.
93/100
90% higher than Little Rock
vs 49/100 in Little Rock
217
1176% more than Little Rock
vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock
same energy as atlanta, different zip code:
