$100k salary, packing up from Nashville
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
the monthly cost of moving past Nashville
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
20% cheaper than Nashville(vs $1,790/mo)
4.5%
$375/mo more in state tax than Nashville
vs 0% in Nashville
$6,530/mo
$13 less than Nashville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$269k
42% cheaper than Nashville
vs $461k in Nashville
790k
vs 2.1M in Nashville
field notes, weather & such.
189
pleasant days a year, in greensboro.
Nashville barely cracks 173 pleasant ones.
83% fewer events than Nashville. The pace eases up.
54/100
4% lower than Nashville
vs 56/100 in Nashville
Closest outdoor draw: Mayo River State Park, 24.9 mi.
88/100
8% lower than Nashville
vs 96/100 in Nashville
14
70% fewer than Nashville
vs 47 nonstops in Nashville
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