same $100k income, fresh start from Lancaster
changea dispatch from
birmingham
AL
33.52°N
86.80°W
Birmingham was built on steel and reshaped by the civil rights movement, and you can feel both stories in the city. The Civil Rights Institute is essential, the food scene (Highlands Bar and Grill, Hot and Hot Fish Club, plenty more) is one of the most acclaimed in the South. The Vulcan statue, the largest cast-iron statue in the world, looks down on the city from Red Mountain. Younger than its reputation suggests.
the verdict
more each month than Lancaster ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Birmingham is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,407/mo
7% cheaper than Lancaster(vs $1,517/mo)
5%
$161/mo more in state tax than Lancaster
vs 3.07% in Lancaster
$6,510/mo
$51 less than Lancaster
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$261k
32% cheaper than Lancaster
vs $384k in Lancaster
1.2M
vs 559k in Lancaster
field notes, weather & such.
171
pleasant days a year, in birmingham.
Lancaster barely cracks 158 pleasant ones. Summers run hot, though: 28 days above 95° vs Lancaster's 3.
6.0× the events of Lancaster, and the calendar shows it.
61/100
3% lower than Lancaster
vs 63/100 in Lancaster
Closest outdoor draw: Oak Mountain State Park, 12.8 mi.
79/100
19% lower than Lancaster
vs 97/100 in Lancaster
20
1900% more than Lancaster
vs 1 nonstops in Lancaster
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