on $100k a year, leaving Fresno
changea dispatch from
cleveland
OH
41.50°N
81.69°W
Cleveland is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the West Side Market's 100+ years of pierogies and bratwurst, and Lake Erie sunsets that put the coastal hype to shame. The Cuyahoga River caught fire so many times it inspired the Clean Water Act. The Cleveland Orchestra is consistently ranked among the world's best. Summers on the lake are gorgeous, and the food scene is having a real moment.
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under Fresno, every month
Cleveland is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,419/mo
29% cheaper than Fresno(vs $1,999/mo)
3.99%
$442/mo less in state tax than Fresno
vs 9.3% in Fresno
$6,582/mo
$1,023 more than Fresno
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$252k
40% cheaper than Fresno
vs $418k in Fresno
2.2M
vs 1.2M in Fresno
field notes, weather & such.
159
pleasant days a year, in cleveland.
Fresno has the edge here, logging 206 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 27 days below 20° vs Fresno's 0.
2.3× the events of Fresno, and the calendar shows it.
63/100
5% lower than Fresno
vs 66/100 in Fresno
Closest outdoor draw: Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 29.7 mi.
96/100
8% higher than Fresno
vs 89/100 in Fresno
56
409% more than Fresno
vs 11 nonstops in Fresno
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