on $100k a year, leaving San Luis Obispo
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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under San Luis Obispo, every month
Harrisburg sits well below San Luis Obispo on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,446/mo
53% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
3.07%
$519/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,632/mo
$2,169 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
67% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
606k
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
San Luis Obispo gets 303 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 33 days drop below 20° vs San Luis Obispo's 0.
A real upgrade on things to do: 3.3× San Luis Obispo's pace.
69/100
1% higher than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
5% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
12
300% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
in the same ballpark as harrisburg:
