$100k a year, no longer in 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
10% more expensive than Fayetteville(vs $1,477/mo)
4.25%
$21/mo less in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.5% in Fayetteville
$6,359/mo
$122 less than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$353k
37% more expensive than Fayetteville
vs $258k in Fayetteville
1.2M
vs 392k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
151
pleasant days a year, in grand rapids.
Fayetteville edges ahead with 193 pleasant days. Cold is the cost: 50 days drop below 20° vs Fayetteville's 3.
A month here packs 4.6× the events of Fayetteville.
56/100
10% higher than Fayetteville
vs 51/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: White Pine Trail State Park, 5.4 mi.
97/100
28% higher than Fayetteville
vs 76/100 in Fayetteville
20
400% more than Fayetteville
vs 4 nonstops in Fayetteville
neighbors of grand rapids on the map of tradeoffs:
