$100k salary, packing up from Corpus Christi
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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the monthly premium over Corpus Christi
Harrisburg costs more than Corpus Christi, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,446/mo
3% more expensive than Corpus Christi(vs $1,410/mo)
3.07%
$256/mo more in state tax than Corpus Christi
vs 0% in Corpus Christi
$6,632/mo
$291 less than Corpus Christi
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
39% more expensive than Corpus Christi
vs $221k in Corpus Christi
606k
vs 446k in Corpus Christi
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
Corpus Christi gets 171 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 0 in Corpus Christi.
1.9× the events of Corpus Christi, and the calendar shows it.
69/100
38% higher than Corpus Christi
vs 50/100 in Corpus Christi
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
33% higher than Corpus Christi
vs 70/100 in Corpus Christi
12
200% more than Corpus Christi
vs 4 nonstops in Corpus Christi
in the same ballpark as harrisburg:
