on $100k a year, leaving Fayetteville
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 Fayetteville's monthly cost
Harrisburg and Fayetteville land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,446/mo
2% cheaper than Fayetteville(vs $1,477/mo)
3.07%
$119/mo less in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.5% in Fayetteville
$6,632/mo
$151 more than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
20% more expensive than Fayetteville
vs $258k in Fayetteville
606k
vs 392k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
Fayetteville edges ahead with 193 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 33 days drop below 20° vs Fayetteville's 3.
2.2× the events of Fayetteville, and the calendar shows it.
69/100
35% higher than Fayetteville
vs 51/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
22% higher than Fayetteville
vs 76/100 in Fayetteville
12
200% more than Fayetteville
vs 4 nonstops in Fayetteville
in the same ballpark as harrisburg:
