same $100k income, fresh start from York
changea dispatch from
baton rouge
LA
30.45°N
91.15°W
Baton Rouge is LSU football, the Mississippi River bending past downtown, and the kind of food (gumbo, jambalaya, boudin, po'boys) that makes you want to lie down after lunch. The Louisiana state capitol is the tallest in the country, a 34-story Art Deco tower that looks more like a Manhattan office building. Cajun warmth runs through everything, with a slightly more buttoned-up daily pace than New Orleans.
the verdict
cheaper each month than York
On paper, Baton Rouge and York are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,361/mo
0% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)
3%
$6/mo less in state tax than York
vs 3.07% in York
$6,722/mo
$5 more than York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$250k
19% cheaper than York
vs $310k in York
874k
vs 465k in York
field notes, weather & such.
187
pleasant days a year, in baton rouge.
York keeps to 159 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 25 days clear 95°, vs 4 back in York.
1400% more happening than in York.
50/100
22% lower than York
vs 64/100 in York
Closest outdoor draw: Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, 38.6 mi.
75/100
19% lower than York
vs 93/100 in York
4
67% fewer than York
vs 12 nonstops in York
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