$100k a year, no longer in Spartanburg
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 Spartanburg, every month
Harrisburg is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
a quick ledger.
$1,446/mo
1% more expensive than Spartanburg(vs $1,434/mo)
3.07%
$286/mo less in state tax than Spartanburg
vs 6.5% in Spartanburg
$6,632/mo
$274 more than Spartanburg
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
11% more expensive than Spartanburg
vs $277k in Spartanburg
606k
vs 383k in Spartanburg
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
Spartanburg gets 191 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 4 in Spartanburg.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 2.2× more on the calendar than Spartanburg.
69/100
1% higher than Spartanburg
vs 68/100 in Spartanburg
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
21% higher than Spartanburg
vs 77/100 in Spartanburg
12
40% fewer than Spartanburg
vs 20 nonstops in Spartanburg
neighbors of harrisburg on the map of tradeoffs:
