$100k salary, packing up from Fayetteville
changea dispatch from
durham
NC
35.99°N
78.90°W
Durham is Duke University, old tobacco warehouses turned into incredible restaurants and breweries (the American Tobacco Campus is a model for adaptive reuse), and a food scene that punches way above its size (multiple James Beard winners). Bull City pride runs deep. The Eno River and Duke Gardens are right in town. It's more diverse, weirder, and more interesting than outsiders expect.
the verdict
more each month than Fayetteville ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Durham is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,684/mo
5% more expensive than Fayetteville(vs $1,606/mo)
4.5%
$8/mo more in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.4% in Fayetteville
$6,274/mo
$87 less than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$415k
13% more expensive than Fayetteville
vs $367k in Fayetteville
609k
vs 590k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
178
pleasant days a year, in durham.
Fayetteville barely cracks 170 pleasant ones.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 4.4× more on the calendar than Fayetteville.
50/100
22% lower than Fayetteville
vs 64/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: William B. Umstead State Park, 10.9 mi.
80/100
2% lower than Fayetteville
vs 82/100 in Fayetteville
39
179% more than Fayetteville
vs 14 nonstops in Fayetteville
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