on $100k a year, leaving Des Moines
changea dispatch from
cincinnati
OH
39.10°N
84.51°W
Cincinnati is chili served on spaghetti (Skyline and Gold Star will fight you about which is better), German heritage in Over-the-Rhine's beer halls, and a riverfront that looks straight across at Kentucky. OTR's brick warehouses have become one of the best urban revitalizations in the country. The Reds play in baseball's oldest professional city. Pronounce it correctly and the locals warm up fast.
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more each month than Des Moines ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Cincinnati is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,549/mo
22% more expensive than Des Moines(vs $1,268/mo)
3.99%
$167/mo less in state tax than Des Moines
vs 6% in Des Moines
$6,452/mo
$113 less than Des Moines
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
5% more expensive than Des Moines
vs $300k in Des Moines
2.3M
vs 737k in Des Moines
field notes, weather & such.
162
pleasant days a year, in cincinnati.
Des Moines barely cracks 151 pleasant ones.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 1.9× more on the calendar than Des Moines.
72/100
31% higher than Des Moines
vs 55/100 in Des Moines
Closest outdoor draw: East Fork State Park, 22.8 mi.
96/100
23% higher than Des Moines
vs 78/100 in Des Moines
47
176% more than Des Moines
vs 17 nonstops in Des Moines
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