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Eugene

or · metro 381k

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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

$1,137

under San Diego, every month

Eugene is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
landable, recorded on the eugene entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,799/mo

38% cheaper than San Diego(vs $2,890/mo)

02state income tax

8.75%

$46/mo less in state tax than San Diego

vs 9.3% in San Diego

03after rent

$5,805/mo

$1,137 more than San Diego

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

04a house here

$456k

55% cheaper than San Diego

vs $1010k in San Diego

05metro size

381k

vs 3.3M in San Diego

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

206

pleasant days a year, in eugene.

San Diego gets 332 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

But the calendar thins out: San Diego stays 6.4× busier.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

75/100

0% lower than San Diego

vs 75/100 in San Diego

Closest outdoor draw: Willamette National Forest, 47.5 mi.

·walk score®

97/100

2% lower than San Diego

vs 99/100 in San Diego

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

9

84% fewer than San Diego

vs 55 nonstops in San Diego

04 · see also

cities that play in eugene's register:

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pensacola

$776/mo cheaper

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reno

$620/mo cheaper

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greenville

$436/mo cheaper

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