$100k salary, packing up from San Luis Obispo
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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less monthly outlay than San Luis Obispo
Move to Cincinnati and the monthly math gets easier. San Luis Obispo's rent is the headline; Cincinnati's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,549/mo
50% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
3.99%
$442/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,452/mo
$1,989 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
66% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
2.3M
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
162
pleasant days a year, in cincinnati.
San Luis Obispo actually gets more: 303 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs San Luis Obispo's 0.
A month here packs 8.7× the events of San Luis Obispo.
72/100
6% higher than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: East Fork State Park, 22.8 mi.
96/100
2% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
47
1467% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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