on $100k a year, leaving Colorado Springs
changea dispatch from
charlotte
NC
35.23°N
80.84°W
Charlotte is banking towers (it's the second-biggest banking center in the country after NYC) wrapped in pine trees and southern hospitality. Uptown is the downtown (Charlotteans correct you on this immediately), the NASCAR Hall of Fame anchors a real motorsport scene, and the Whitewater Center lets you raft inside the city limits. Growth is fast, breweries are everywhere, and barbecue gets the Carolina vinegar treatment.
in our guides
the verdict
more each month than Colorado Springs ran you
Barely costlier than Colorado Springs. If Charlotte pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,728/mo
0% more expensive than Colorado Springs(vs $1,733/mo)
4.5%
$8/mo more in state tax than Colorado Springs
vs 4.4% in Colorado Springs
$6,230/mo
$4 less than Colorado Springs
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$391k
15% cheaper than Colorado Springs
vs $463k in Colorado Springs
2.8M
vs 769k in Colorado Springs
field notes, weather & such.
200
pleasant days a year, in charlotte.
Colorado Springs only logs 184 pleasant days.
163% more happening than in Colorado Springs.
51/100
28% lower than Colorado Springs
vs 71/100 in Colorado Springs
Closest outdoor draw: Kings Mountain State Park, 30.3 mi.
94/100
18% higher than Colorado Springs
vs 80/100 in Colorado Springs
141
1182% more than Colorado Springs
vs 11 nonstops in Colorado Springs
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