$100k salary, packing up from Lubbock
changea 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.
in our guides
the verdict
the monthly premium over Lubbock
Daytona Beach costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,784/mo
29% more expensive than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Lubbock
$6,549/mo
$400 less than Lubbock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$331k
57% more expensive than Lubbock
vs $211k in Lubbock
722k
vs 360k in Lubbock
field notes, weather & such.
212
pleasant days a year, in daytona beach.
Lubbock keeps to 186 pleasant days a year.
1.8× the events of Lubbock, and the calendar shows it.
63/100
1160% higher than Lubbock
vs 5/100 in Lubbock
Closest outdoor draw: Bulow Creek State Park, 9.6 mi.
78/100
13% higher than Lubbock
vs 69/100 in Lubbock
2
71% fewer than Lubbock
vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock
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