with $100k coming in, swapping out of Santa Rosa
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 Santa Rosa's monthly cost
Move to Harrisburg and the monthly math gets easier. Santa Rosa's rent is the headline; Harrisburg's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,446/mo
44% cheaper than Santa Rosa(vs $2,597/mo)
3.07%
$519/mo less in state tax than Santa Rosa
vs 9.3% in Santa Rosa
$6,632/mo
$1,671 more than Santa Rosa
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
62% cheaper than Santa Rosa
vs $817k in Santa Rosa
606k
vs 482k in Santa Rosa
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
Santa Rosa edges ahead with 254 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 0 in Santa Rosa.
A month here packs 33.0× the events of Santa Rosa.
69/100
0% lower than Santa Rosa
vs 69/100 in Santa Rosa
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
5% lower than Santa Rosa
vs 98/100 in Santa Rosa
12
200% more than Santa Rosa
vs 4 nonstops in Santa Rosa
in the same ballpark as harrisburg:
