$100k salary, packing up from St. Louis
changea 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.
the verdict
the monthly cost of moving past St. Louis
Greeley runs a little pricier than St. Louis. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,698/mo
20% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
4.4%
$25/mo less in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,269/mo
$262 less than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$497k
80% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
359k
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in greeley.
St. Louis barely cracks 174 pleasant ones. Winter has bite, though: 44 days drop below 20° vs St. Louis's 22.
But the calendar thins out: St. Louis stays 20.0× busier.
67/100
1% lower than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Rocky Mountain National Park, 43.7 mi.
66/100
24% lower than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
169
182% more than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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