on $100k a year, leaving Lancaster
changea dispatch from
greensboro
NC
36.07°N
79.79°W
Greensboro was the site of the 1960 Woolworth sit-in (the original lunch counter is preserved at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, downtown). Four major colleges feed the city, the food scene leans BBQ and good coffee, and the surrounding Piedmont rolls gently in every direction. It's the geographic center of North Carolina, which makes it a useful base for everything else in the state.
in our guides
the verdict
pricier each month than Lancaster
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Greensboro is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,428/mo
6% cheaper than Lancaster(vs $1,517/mo)
4.5%
$119/mo more in state tax than Lancaster
vs 3.07% in Lancaster
$6,530/mo
$31 less than Lancaster
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$269k
30% cheaper than Lancaster
vs $384k in Lancaster
790k
vs 559k in Lancaster
field notes, weather & such.
189
pleasant days a year, in greensboro.
Lancaster barely cracks 158 pleasant ones.
227% more happening than in Lancaster.
54/100
14% lower than Lancaster
vs 63/100 in Lancaster
Closest outdoor draw: Mayo River State Park, 24.9 mi.
88/100
9% lower than Lancaster
vs 97/100 in Lancaster
14
1300% more than Lancaster
vs 1 nonstops in Lancaster
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