with $100k coming in, swapping out of Clarksville

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Charleston, SC cityscape

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Charleston

sc · metro 849k

photo: Connor Scott McManus / pexels

a dispatch from

charleston

SC

32.78°N

79.94°W

Charleston is pastel rowhouses, cobblestone streets, the smell of pluff mud at low tide, and shrimp and grits that should be illegal everywhere else. The historic district is a working postcard, the food scene punches way above its size, and the porches are made for sitting. Spoleto Festival every spring brings world-class arts. It's small, dense, and absurdly photogenic.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$1,191

more expensive each month than Clarksville

Charleston is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
landable, recorded on the charleston entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,987/mo

49% more expensive than Clarksville(vs $1,337/mo)

02state income tax

6.5%

$542/mo more in state tax than Clarksville

vs 0% in Clarksville

03after rent

$5,805/mo

$1,191 less than Clarksville

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$432k

47% more expensive than Clarksville

vs $294k in Clarksville

05metro size

849k

vs 337k in Clarksville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

212

pleasant days a year, in charleston.

Clarksville barely cracks 173 pleasant ones.

A month here packs 20.5× the events of Clarksville.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

31% higher than Clarksville

vs 51/100 in Clarksville

Closest outdoor draw: Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area, 19.4 mi.

·walk score®

92/100

11% higher than Clarksville

vs 83/100 in Clarksville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

20

57% fewer than Clarksville

vs 47 nonstops in Clarksville

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as charleston:

see also

reno

$620/mo cheaper

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asheville

$415/mo cheaper

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greenville

$436/mo cheaper

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