$100k salary, packing up from Tallahassee
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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the monthly cost of moving past Tallahassee
Barely costlier than Tallahassee. If Harrisburg pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,446/mo
5% cheaper than Tallahassee(vs $1,527/mo)
3.07%
$256/mo more in state tax than Tallahassee
vs 0% in Tallahassee
$6,632/mo
$174 less than Tallahassee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
7% more expensive than Tallahassee
vs $289k in Tallahassee
606k
vs 393k in Tallahassee
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
Tallahassee gets 186 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 0 in Tallahassee.
1550% more happening than in Tallahassee.
69/100
19% higher than Tallahassee
vs 58/100 in Tallahassee
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
21% higher than Tallahassee
vs 77/100 in Tallahassee
12
71% more than Tallahassee
vs 7 nonstops in Tallahassee
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