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El Paso, TX cityscape

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El Paso

tx · metro 872k

photo: Gene Maysonet / pexels

a dispatch from

el paso

TX

31.76°N

106.49°W

El Paso has the Franklin Mountains running right through the middle of the city (which is rare), with hiking trails inside city limits and the desert wide open just past the suburbs. The Mexican food is exceptional in ways that the rest of Texas doesn't quite match (it's true regional border food). Ciudad Juarez is literally next door across the Rio Grande. The light at sunset is unreal.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$591

less monthly outlay than Greeley

El Paso is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
landable, recorded on the el paso entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,473/mo

13% cheaper than Greeley(vs $1,698/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$367/mo less in state tax than Greeley

vs 4.4% in Greeley

03after rent

$6,860/mo

$591 more than Greeley

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

04a house here

$231k

53% cheaper than Greeley

vs $497k in Greeley

05metro size

872k

vs 359k in Greeley

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

222

pleasant days a year, in el paso.

Greeley keeps to 177 pleasant days a year. The trade is summer: 60 days above 95°, vs 11 in Greeley.

650% more happening than in Greeley.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

65/100

3% lower than Greeley

vs 67/100 in Greeley

Closest outdoor draw: White Sands National Park, 72.1 mi.

·walk score®

93/100

41% higher than Greeley

vs 66/100 in Greeley

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

13

92% fewer than Greeley

vs 169 nonstops in Greeley

04 · see also

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