$100k a year, no longer in Santa Maria
changea 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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under Santa Maria, every month
El Paso sits well below Santa Maria on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,473/mo
56% cheaper than Santa Maria(vs $3,352/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than Santa Maria
vs 9.3% in Santa Maria
$6,860/mo
$2,654 more than Santa Maria
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$231k
78% cheaper than Santa Maria
vs $1059k in Santa Maria
872k
vs 441k in Santa Maria
field notes, weather & such.
222
pleasant days a year, in el paso.
Santa Maria gets 337 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Heat is the cost: 60 days top 95° vs Santa Maria's 0.
65/100
10% higher than Santa Maria
vs 59/100 in Santa Maria
Closest outdoor draw: White Sands National Park, 72.1 mi.
93/100
7% higher than Santa Maria
vs 87/100 in Santa Maria
13
550% more than Santa Maria
vs 2 nonstops in Santa Maria
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