$100k salary, packing up from Lincoln
changea dispatch from
bridgeport
CT
41.18°N
73.19°W
Bridgeport is the largest city in Connecticut, sitting on Long Island Sound with a working harbor and a real waterfront. P.T. Barnum lived here and the city's museum still pays tribute to his weird genius. It's a quick train ride to New York, with much cheaper housing and proper New England summers. The food scene punches above its weight, with old-school Portuguese and Brazilian spots packed every weekend.
in our guides
the verdict
more each month than Lincoln ran you
Bridgeport doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Bridgeport is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,767/mo
111% more expensive than Lincoln(vs $1,311/mo)
5.5%
$28/mo less in state tax than Lincoln
vs 5.84% in Lincoln
$5,108/mo
$1,428 less than Lincoln
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$768k
154% more expensive than Lincoln
vs $302k in Lincoln
952k
vs 344k in Lincoln
field notes, weather & such.
172
pleasant days a year, in bridgeport.
Lincoln barely cracks 152 pleasant ones.
72% fewer events than Lincoln. The pace eases up.
64/100
21% higher than Lincoln
vs 53/100 in Lincoln
Closest outdoor draw: Alfred E. Smith/Sunken Meadow State Park, 20 mi.
92/100
23% higher than Lincoln
vs 75/100 in Lincoln
1
67% fewer than Lincoln
vs 3 nonstops in Lincoln
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