$100k salary, packing up from Bridgeport
changea dispatch from
harrisburg
PA
40.26°N
76.88°W
Harrisburg is the Pennsylvania state capital sitting on the Susquehanna River, with a gorgeous Beaux-Arts capitol building (Theodore Roosevelt called it the handsomest building he ever saw). City Island in the middle of the river is a small park with minor league baseball. Hershey is 15 minutes east (yes, that Hershey). Slower-paced than its metro neighbors.
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below Bridgeport's monthly cost
Move to Harrisburg and the monthly math gets easier. Bridgeport's rent is the headline; Harrisburg's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,446/mo
48% cheaper than Bridgeport(vs $2,767/mo)
3.07%
$202/mo less in state tax than Bridgeport
vs 5.5% in Bridgeport
$6,632/mo
$1,524 more than Bridgeport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
60% cheaper than Bridgeport
vs $768k in Bridgeport
606k
vs 952k in Bridgeport
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
Bridgeport gets 172 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 33 days drop below 20° vs Bridgeport's 15.
371% more happening than in Bridgeport.
69/100
8% higher than Bridgeport
vs 64/100 in Bridgeport
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
1% higher than Bridgeport
vs 92/100 in Bridgeport
12
1100% more than Bridgeport
vs 1 nonstops in Bridgeport
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