$100k salary, packing up from St. Louis
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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less monthly outlay than St. Louis
Cost barely budges between Harrisburg and St. Louis. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
a quick ledger.
$1,446/mo
2% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
3.07%
$136/mo less in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,632/mo
$101 more than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
12% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
606k
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
St. Louis has the edge here, logging 174 pleasant days a year.
Lighter on events: St. Louis packs 2.4× more into a month.
69/100
1% higher than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
7% higher than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
12
80% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
in the same ballpark as harrisburg:
