with $100k coming in, swapping out of Port St. Lucie

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El Paso, TX cityscape

next stop after port st. lucie

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

$858

lighter monthly cost than Port St. Lucie

Move to El Paso and the monthly math gets easier. Port St. Lucie's rent is the headline; El Paso's is a footnote.
landable, recorded on the el paso entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,473/mo

37% cheaper than Port St. Lucie(vs $2,331/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Port St. Lucie

03after rent

$6,860/mo

$858 more than Port St. Lucie

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

04a house here

$231k

42% cheaper than Port St. Lucie

vs $397k in Port St. Lucie

05metro size

872k

vs 537k in Port St. Lucie

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

222

pleasant days a year, in el paso.

Port St. Lucie edges ahead with 246 pleasant days. Heat is the cost: 60 days top 95° vs Port St. Lucie's 2.

·outdoorscore

65/100

30% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 50/100 in Port St. Lucie

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

·walk score®

93/100

830% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 10/100 in Port St. Lucie

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

13

43% fewer than Port St. Lucie

vs 23 nonstops in Port St. Lucie

04 · see also

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lexington

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huntsville

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