on $100k a year, leaving Shreveport
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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more each month than Shreveport ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Harrisburg is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,446/mo
11% more expensive than Shreveport(vs $1,308/mo)
3.07%
$6/mo more in state tax than Shreveport
vs 3% in Shreveport
$6,632/mo
$143 less than Shreveport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
76% more expensive than Shreveport
vs $176k in Shreveport
606k
vs 383k in Shreveport
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
Shreveport edges ahead with 159 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 33 days drop below 20° vs Shreveport's 2.
A month here packs 33.0× the events of Shreveport.
69/100
23% higher than Shreveport
vs 56/100 in Shreveport
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
82% higher than Shreveport
vs 51/100 in Shreveport
12
140% more than Shreveport
vs 5 nonstops in Shreveport
same energy as harrisburg, different zip code:
