$100k a year, no longer in Mobile
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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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under Mobile, every month
El Paso is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
a quick ledger.
$1,473/mo
13% more expensive than Mobile(vs $1,302/mo)
0%
$417/mo less in state tax than Mobile
vs 5% in Mobile
$6,860/mo
$245 more than Mobile
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$231k
19% more expensive than Mobile
vs $194k in Mobile
872k
vs 412k in Mobile
field notes, weather & such.
222
pleasant days a year, in el paso.
Mobile has the edge here, logging 225 pleasant days a year. Bring the AC. 60 days a year clear 95°, well past Mobile's 3.
Things to do run about even with Mobile.
65/100
10% higher than Mobile
vs 59/100 in Mobile
Closest outdoor draw: White Sands National Park, 72.1 mi.
93/100
35% higher than Mobile
vs 69/100 in Mobile
13
160% more than Mobile
vs 5 nonstops in Mobile
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