$100k salary, packing up from Nashville
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 Nashville's monthly cost
Harrisburg and Nashville 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
19% cheaper than Nashville(vs $1,790/mo)
3.07%
$256/mo more in state tax than Nashville
vs 0% in Nashville
$6,632/mo
$89 more than Nashville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
33% cheaper than Nashville
vs $461k in Nashville
606k
vs 2.1M in Nashville
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
Nashville actually gets more: 173 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 33 days below 20° here, 8 in Nashville.
Nashville hosts 8.6× more events.
69/100
23% higher than Nashville
vs 56/100 in Nashville
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
3% lower than Nashville
vs 96/100 in Nashville
12
74% fewer than Nashville
vs 47 nonstops in Nashville
in the same ballpark as harrisburg:
