same $100k income, fresh start from Little Rock
changea dispatch from
austin
TX
30.27°N
97.74°W
Austin runs on breakfast tacos, live music, and a stubborn streak of weirdness that the tech boom hasn't fully smoothed over. The east side reinvents itself every few years and still has the vinyl shops, vintage western wear, and honky-tonks to prove it. Barton Springs holds 68°F year-round and locals plan their summers around it. There's a swimming hole, a taco truck, or a guitar within five blocks of wherever you're standing.
in our guides
the verdict
more expensive each month than Little Rock
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Austin is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,583/mo
31% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)
0%
$367/mo less in state tax than Little Rock
vs 4.4% in Little Rock
$6,750/mo
$8 less than Little Rock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$433k
90% more expensive than Little Rock
vs $228k in Little Rock
2.5M
vs 765k in Little Rock
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in austin.
Little Rock barely cracks 163 pleasant ones. Hot stretches show up, though: 53 days above 95° here, 29 in Little Rock.
9.2× the events of Little Rock, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
4% higher than Little Rock
vs 54/100 in Little Rock
Closest outdoor draw: Bastrop State Park, 32 mi.
99/100
102% higher than Little Rock
vs 49/100 in Little Rock
42
147% more than Little Rock
vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock
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