same $100k income, fresh start from Mobile
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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 Mobile
You'd pay for Atlanta. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,814/mo
39% more expensive than Mobile(vs $1,302/mo)
5.49%
$41/mo more in state tax than Mobile
vs 5% in Mobile
$6,062/mo
$553 less than Mobile
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$386k
99% more expensive than Mobile
vs $194k in Mobile
6.3M
vs 412k in Mobile
field notes, weather & such.
204
pleasant days a year, in atlanta.
Mobile has the edge here, logging 225 pleasant days a year.
896% more happening than in Mobile.
67/100
14% higher than Mobile
vs 59/100 in Mobile
Closest outdoor draw: Sweetwater Creek State Park, 13.1 mi.
93/100
35% higher than Mobile
vs 69/100 in Mobile
217
4240% more than Mobile
vs 5 nonstops in Mobile
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