same $100k income, fresh start from St. Louis
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
more each month than St. Louis ran you
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
1% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
4.5%
$17/mo less in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,530/mo
$1 less than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$269k
3% cheaper than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
790k
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
189
pleasant days a year, in greensboro.
St. Louis barely cracks 174 pleasant ones.
39% fewer events than St. Louis. The pace eases up.
54/100
21% lower than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Mayo River State Park, 24.9 mi.
88/100
1% higher than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
14
77% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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