same $100k income, fresh start from Reading
changea dispatch from
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 Reading ran you
Atlanta costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,814/mo
23% more expensive than Reading(vs $1,478/mo)
5.49%
$202/mo more in state tax than Reading
vs 3.07% in Reading
$6,062/mo
$538 less than Reading
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$386k
24% more expensive than Reading
vs $311k in Reading
6.3M
vs 433k in Reading
field notes, weather & such.
204
pleasant days a year, in atlanta.
Reading only manages 157 of those.
A month here packs 8.2× the events of Reading.
67/100
3% higher than Reading
vs 65/100 in Reading
Closest outdoor draw: Sweetwater Creek State Park, 13.1 mi.
93/100
9% higher than Reading
vs 85/100 in Reading
217
0% fewer than Reading
vs 0 nonstops in Reading
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