$100k salary, packing up from Port St. Lucie

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Corpus Christi, TX cityscape

swapping out of port st. lucie

Corpus Christi

tx · metro 446k

a dispatch from

corpus christi

TX

27.80°N

97.40°W

Corpus Christi is the Texas Gulf coast city where Selena grew up (the memorial on the bayfront is moving). The USS Lexington aircraft carrier is permanently parked downtown as a museum. The beaches at Padre Island National Seashore are some of the longest undeveloped stretches of barrier island in the country. Sun-soaked, breezy, and salt-aired in equal measure.

metro446k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$921

less monthly outlay than Port St. Lucie

Corpus Christi is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
landable, recorded on the corpus christi entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,410/mo

40% cheaper than Port St. Lucie(vs $2,331/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Port St. Lucie

03after rent

$6,923/mo

$921 more than Port St. Lucie

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$221k

44% cheaper than Port St. Lucie

vs $397k in Port St. Lucie

05metro size

446k

vs 537k in Port St. Lucie

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in corpus christi.

Port St. Lucie edges ahead with 246 pleasant days. Heat is the cost: 55 days top 95° vs Port St. Lucie's 2.

·outdoorscore

50/100

0% lower than Port St. Lucie

vs 50/100 in Port St. Lucie

Closest outdoor draw: Mustang Island State Park, 15.3 mi.

·walk score®

70/100

600% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 10/100 in Port St. Lucie

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

4

83% fewer than Port St. Lucie

vs 23 nonstops in Port St. Lucie

04 · see also

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