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Eugene, OR cityscape

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Eugene

or · metro 381k

photo: Tim Mossholder / pexels

a dispatch from

eugene

OR

44.05°N

123.09°W

Eugene is Track Town USA (Hayward Field is the spiritual home of American distance running), the University of Oregon, and a hippie-academic-outdoorsy culture that's been here since the '60s and isn't going anywhere. The Willamette and McKenzie rivers meet just outside town. Saturday Market downtown has been running for over 50 years. Coffee and craft beer are taken seriously. Misty in winter, glorious in summer.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$554

pricier each month than Grand Rapids

You'd pay for Eugene. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
landable, recorded on the eugene entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,799/mo

11% more expensive than Grand Rapids(vs $1,620/mo)

02state income tax

8.75%

$375/mo more in state tax than Grand Rapids

vs 4.25% in Grand Rapids

03after rent

$5,805/mo

$554 less than Grand Rapids

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

04a house here

$456k

29% more expensive than Grand Rapids

vs $353k in Grand Rapids

05metro size

381k

vs 1.2M in Grand Rapids

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

206

pleasant days a year, in eugene.

Grand Rapids only manages 151 of those.

61% fewer events than Grand Rapids. The pace eases up.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

75/100

34% higher than Grand Rapids

vs 56/100 in Grand Rapids

Closest outdoor draw: Willamette National Forest, 47.5 mi.

·walk score®

97/100

0% lower than Grand Rapids

vs 97/100 in Grand Rapids

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

9

55% fewer than Grand Rapids

vs 20 nonstops in Grand Rapids

04 · see also

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reno

$620/mo cheaper

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greenville

$436/mo cheaper

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