$100k salary, packing up from Milwaukee
changea dispatch from
boise
ID
43.62°N
116.20°W
Boise is basically Denver before Denver got Denver-y: walkable downtown, foothills you can run into on your lunch break, and a river slicing right through the middle of town. The Basque Block downtown anchors the biggest Basque community in the U.S., which nobody sees coming. The vibe is 'we close our laptops and go outside,' and the trails make that very easy to do. Locals would prefer you didn't tell anyone.
in our guides
the verdict
the monthly cost of moving past Milwaukee
Boise runs a little pricier than Milwaukee. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,794/mo
19% more expensive than Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)
5.8%
$39/mo less in state tax than Milwaukee
vs 6.27% in Milwaukee
$6,056/mo
$251 less than Milwaukee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$490k
24% more expensive than Milwaukee
vs $394k in Milwaukee
827k
vs 1.6M in Milwaukee
field notes, weather & such.
166
pleasant days a year, in boise.
Milwaukee barely cracks 149 pleasant ones. Hot stretches show up, though: 27 days above 95° here, 0 in Milwaukee.
But the calendar thins out: Milwaukee stays 1.8× busier.
82/100
34% higher than Milwaukee
vs 61/100 in Milwaukee
Closest outdoor draw: Sawtooth National Forest, 48.9 mi.
96/100
2% lower than Milwaukee
vs 98/100 in Milwaukee
16
47% fewer than Milwaukee
vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee
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