same $100k income, fresh start from Bridgeport

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Daytona Beach, FL cityscape

swapping out of bridgeport

Daytona Beach

fl · metro 722k

a dispatch from

daytona beach

FL

29.21°N

81.02°W

Daytona Beach has hard-packed sand you can actually drive your car on (yes, on the beach, it's a tradition). The Daytona 500 brings NASCAR to town every February and shakes the whole city awake. Bike Week is its own beast. Outside of the events, it's a quieter Florida beach town than its reputation suggests, with affordable oceanfront and the Halifax River making the geography interesting.

metro722k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$1,441

cheaper each month than Bridgeport

Move to Daytona Beach and the monthly math gets easier. Bridgeport's rent is the headline; Daytona Beach's is a footnote.
landable, recorded on the daytona beach entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,784/mo

36% cheaper than Bridgeport(vs $2,767/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$458/mo less in state tax than Bridgeport

vs 5.5% in Bridgeport

03after rent

$6,549/mo

$1,441 more than Bridgeport

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

04a house here

$331k

57% cheaper than Bridgeport

vs $768k in Bridgeport

05metro size

722k

vs 952k in Bridgeport

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

212

pleasant days a year, in daytona beach.

Bridgeport barely cracks 172 pleasant ones.

2.0× the events of Bridgeport, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

63/100

2% lower than Bridgeport

vs 64/100 in Bridgeport

Closest outdoor draw: Bulow Creek State Park, 9.6 mi.

·walk score®

78/100

15% lower than Bridgeport

vs 92/100 in Bridgeport

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

2

100% more than Bridgeport

vs 1 nonstops in Bridgeport

04 · see also

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