on $100k a year, leaving El Paso

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Daytona Beach, FL cityscape

if you left el paso

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

$311

more each month than El Paso ran you

Daytona Beach costs more than El Paso, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
landable, recorded on the daytona beach entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,784/mo

21% more expensive than El Paso(vs $1,473/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in El Paso

03after rent

$6,549/mo

$311 less than El Paso

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

04a house here

$331k

43% more expensive than El Paso

vs $231k in El Paso

05metro size

722k

vs 872k in El Paso

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

212

pleasant days a year, in daytona beach.

El Paso gets 222 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

53% fewer events than El Paso. The pace eases up.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

63/100

3% lower than El Paso

vs 65/100 in El Paso

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

·walk score®

78/100

16% lower than El Paso

vs 93/100 in El Paso

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

2

85% fewer than El Paso

vs 13 nonstops in El Paso

04 · see also

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