on $100k a year, leaving Little Rock
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
pricier each month than Little Rock
Grand Rapids runs a little pricier than Little Rock. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,620/mo
34% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)
4.25%
$12/mo less in state tax than Little Rock
vs 4.4% in Little Rock
$6,359/mo
$399 less than Little Rock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$353k
55% more expensive than Little Rock
vs $228k in Little Rock
1.2M
vs 765k in Little Rock
field notes, weather & such.
151
pleasant days a year, in grand rapids.
Little Rock edges ahead with 163 pleasant days. Cold is the cost: 50 days drop below 20° vs Little Rock's 6.
5.3× the events of Little Rock, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
4% higher than Little Rock
vs 54/100 in Little Rock
Closest outdoor draw: White Pine Trail State Park, 5.4 mi.
97/100
98% higher than Little Rock
vs 49/100 in Little Rock
20
18% more than Little Rock
vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock
same energy as grand rapids, different zip code:
