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Greeley, CO cityscape

if you left daytona beach

Greeley

co · metro 359k

a dispatch from

greeley

CO

40.42°N

104.71°W

Greeley is northern Colorado's ag city, sitting on the South Platte River with cattle feedlots, sugar beets, and the University of Northern Colorado. The annual Greeley Stampede every July is one of the bigger rodeos in the country. It's an honest, wide-sky kind of town with deep ag roots. Cheaper than Fort Collins, with mountain access still under an hour away.

metro359k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$280

the monthly premium over Daytona Beach

Greeley runs a little pricier than Daytona Beach. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the greeley entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,698/mo

5% cheaper than Daytona Beach(vs $1,784/mo)

02state income tax

4.4%

$367/mo more in state tax than Daytona Beach

vs 0% in Daytona Beach

03after rent

$6,269/mo

$280 less than Daytona Beach

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

04a house here

$497k

50% more expensive than Daytona Beach

vs $331k in Daytona Beach

05metro size

359k

vs 722k in Daytona Beach

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

177

pleasant days a year, in greeley.

Daytona Beach edges ahead with 212 pleasant days. Cold is the cost: 44 days drop below 20° vs Daytona Beach's 0.

Daytona Beach hosts 3.5× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

6% higher than Daytona Beach

vs 63/100 in Daytona Beach

Closest outdoor draw: Rocky Mountain National Park, 43.7 mi.

·walk score®

66/100

15% lower than Daytona Beach

vs 78/100 in Daytona Beach

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

169

8350% more than Daytona Beach

vs 2 nonstops in Daytona Beach

04 · see also

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