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Eugene

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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

$844

less monthly outlay than Santa Rosa

Move to Eugene and the monthly math gets easier. Santa Rosa's rent is the headline; Eugene's is a footnote.
landable, recorded on the eugene entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,799/mo

31% cheaper than Santa Rosa(vs $2,597/mo)

02state income tax

8.75%

$46/mo less in state tax than Santa Rosa

vs 9.3% in Santa Rosa

03after rent

$5,805/mo

$844 more than Santa Rosa

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

04a house here

$456k

44% cheaper than Santa Rosa

vs $817k in Santa Rosa

05metro size

381k

vs 482k in Santa Rosa

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

206

pleasant days a year, in eugene.

Santa Rosa edges ahead with 254 pleasant days.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 27.0× more on the calendar than Santa Rosa.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

75/100

9% higher than Santa Rosa

vs 69/100 in Santa Rosa

Closest outdoor draw: Willamette National Forest, 47.5 mi.

·walk score®

97/100

1% lower than Santa Rosa

vs 98/100 in Santa Rosa

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

9

125% more than Santa Rosa

vs 4 nonstops in Santa Rosa

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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