on $100k a year, leaving York
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 York
Barely costlier than York. If Greensboro pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,428/mo
5% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)
4.5%
$119/mo more in state tax than York
vs 3.07% in York
$6,530/mo
$187 less than York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$269k
13% cheaper than York
vs $310k in York
790k
vs 465k in York
field notes, weather & such.
189
pleasant days a year, in greensboro.
York only logs 159 pleasant days.
49.0× the events of York, and the calendar shows it.
54/100
16% lower than York
vs 64/100 in York
Closest outdoor draw: Mayo River State Park, 24.9 mi.
88/100
5% lower than York
vs 93/100 in York
14
17% more than York
vs 12 nonstops in York
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