same $100k income, fresh start from Shreveport
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 Shreveport
Grand Rapids runs a little pricier than Shreveport. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,620/mo
24% more expensive than Shreveport(vs $1,308/mo)
4.25%
$104/mo more in state tax than Shreveport
vs 3% in Shreveport
$6,359/mo
$416 less than Shreveport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$353k
100% more expensive than Shreveport
vs $176k in Shreveport
1.2M
vs 383k in Shreveport
field notes, weather & such.
151
pleasant days a year, in grand rapids.
Shreveport edges ahead with 159 pleasant days. Cold is the cost: 50 days drop below 20° vs Shreveport's 2.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 69.0× more on the calendar than Shreveport.
56/100
0% lower than Shreveport
vs 56/100 in Shreveport
Closest outdoor draw: White Pine Trail State Park, 5.4 mi.
97/100
90% higher than Shreveport
vs 51/100 in Shreveport
20
300% more than Shreveport
vs 5 nonstops in Shreveport
neighbors of grand rapids on the map of tradeoffs:
