with $100k coming in, swapping out of Fayetteville
changea dispatch from
grand rapids
MI
42.96°N
85.67°W
Grand Rapids has won Beer City USA multiple times, hosts ArtPrize (one of the world's largest open art competitions every fall), and built itself on furniture (Steelcase, Herman Miller). The Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park is a sleeper world-class attraction. Downtown is walkable, the surrounding farmland is gorgeous in autumn, and Lake Michigan beaches are 30 minutes west. Quietly excellent.
the verdict
more expensive each month than Fayetteville
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Grand Rapids is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,620/mo
1% more expensive than Fayetteville(vs $1,606/mo)
4.25%
$12/mo less in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.4% in Fayetteville
$6,359/mo
$2 less than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$353k
4% cheaper than Fayetteville
vs $367k in Fayetteville
1.2M
vs 590k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
151
pleasant days a year, in grand rapids.
Fayetteville edges ahead with 170 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 50 days under 20°, vs 14 in Fayetteville.
763% more happening than in Fayetteville.
56/100
12% lower than Fayetteville
vs 64/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: White Pine Trail State Park, 5.4 mi.
97/100
18% higher than Fayetteville
vs 82/100 in Fayetteville
20
43% more than Fayetteville
vs 14 nonstops in Fayetteville
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