$100k salary, packing up from Eugene
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 Eugene's monthly cost
Move to Harrisburg and the monthly math gets easier. Eugene's rent is the headline; Harrisburg's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,446/mo
20% cheaper than Eugene(vs $1,799/mo)
3.07%
$473/mo less in state tax than Eugene
vs 8.75% in Eugene
$6,632/mo
$827 more than Eugene
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
32% cheaper than Eugene
vs $456k in Eugene
606k
vs 381k in Eugene
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
Eugene actually gets more: 206 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 33 days below 20° here, 1 in Eugene.
About as much going on as in Eugene.
69/100
8% lower than Eugene
vs 75/100 in Eugene
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
4% lower than Eugene
vs 97/100 in Eugene
12
33% more than Eugene
vs 9 nonstops in Eugene
neighbors of harrisburg on the map of tradeoffs:
