with $100k coming in, swapping out of San Francisco
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.
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the verdict
below San Francisco's monthly cost
Austin is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,583/mo
50% cheaper than San Francisco(vs $3,146/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than San Francisco
vs 9.3% in San Francisco
$6,750/mo
$2,338 more than San Francisco
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$433k
65% cheaper than San Francisco
vs $1239k in San Francisco
2.5M
vs 4.6M in San Francisco
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in austin.
San Francisco gets 312 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Heat is the cost: 53 days top 95° vs San Francisco's 0.
San Francisco hosts 2.1× more events.
56/100
33% lower than San Francisco
vs 83/100 in San Francisco
Closest outdoor draw: Bastrop State Park, 32 mi.
99/100
0% lower than San Francisco
vs 99/100 in San Francisco
42
62% fewer than San Francisco
vs 111 nonstops in San Francisco
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