$100k salary, packing up from Milwaukee
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 Milwaukee's monthly cost
Cincinnati and Milwaukee land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,549/mo
3% more expensive than Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)
3.99%
$190/mo less in state tax than Milwaukee
vs 6.27% in Milwaukee
$6,452/mo
$145 more than Milwaukee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
20% cheaper than Milwaukee
vs $394k in Milwaukee
2.3M
vs 1.6M in Milwaukee
field notes, weather & such.
162
pleasant days a year, in cincinnati.
Milwaukee barely cracks 149 pleasant ones.
About as much going on as in Milwaukee.
72/100
18% higher than Milwaukee
vs 61/100 in Milwaukee
Closest outdoor draw: East Fork State Park, 22.8 mi.
96/100
2% lower than Milwaukee
vs 98/100 in Milwaukee
47
57% more than Milwaukee
vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee
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