$100k salary, packing up from Los Angeles
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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below Los Angeles's monthly cost
Cincinnati runs on a fraction of Los Angeles's budget. Same paycheck, real lifestyle upgrade.
a quick ledger.
$1,549/mo
47% cheaper than Los Angeles(vs $2,899/mo)
3.99%
$442/mo less in state tax than Los Angeles
vs 9.3% in Los Angeles
$6,452/mo
$1,793 more than Los Angeles
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
69% cheaper than Los Angeles
vs $1029k in Los Angeles
2.3M
vs 12.8M in Los Angeles
field notes, weather & such.
162
pleasant days a year, in cincinnati.
Los Angeles edges ahead with 283 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 26 days drop below 20° vs Los Angeles's 0.
But the calendar thins out: Los Angeles stays 4.0× busier.
72/100
7% higher than Los Angeles
vs 67/100 in Los Angeles
Closest outdoor draw: East Fork State Park, 22.8 mi.
96/100
0% lower than Los Angeles
vs 96/100 in Los Angeles
47
69% fewer than Los Angeles
vs 150 nonstops in Los Angeles
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