$100k a year, no longer in Nashville
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 expensive each month than Nashville
Barely costlier than Nashville. If Cincinnati pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,549/mo
13% cheaper than Nashville(vs $1,790/mo)
3.99%
$333/mo more in state tax than Nashville
vs 0% in Nashville
$6,452/mo
$91 less than Nashville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
32% cheaper than Nashville
vs $461k in Nashville
2.3M
vs 2.1M in Nashville
field notes, weather & such.
162
pleasant days a year, in cincinnati.
Nashville gets 173 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 26 days under 20°, vs 8 in Nashville.
Nashville hosts 3.3× more events.
72/100
29% higher than Nashville
vs 56/100 in Nashville
Closest outdoor draw: East Fork State Park, 22.8 mi.
96/100
0% lower than Nashville
vs 96/100 in Nashville
47
0% fewer than Nashville
vs 47 nonstops in Nashville
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