$100k salary, packing up from San Luis Obispo
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
below San Luis Obispo's monthly cost
Move to Austin and the monthly math gets easier. San Luis Obispo's rent is the headline; Austin's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,583/mo
49% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,750/mo
$2,287 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$433k
54% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
2.5M
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in austin.
San Luis Obispo gets 303 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Hot stretches show up, though: 53 days above 95° here, 14 in San Luis Obispo.
1100% more happening than in San Luis Obispo.
56/100
18% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: Bastrop State Park, 32 mi.
99/100
1% higher than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
42
1300% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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