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Huntsville

al · metro 527k

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a dispatch from

huntsville

AL

34.73°N

86.59°W

Huntsville is Rocket City, with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Saturn V rocket on display at the Space and Rocket Center, and a tech and engineering economy that punches way above the city's size. Cummings Research Park is the second-largest research park in the U.S. The Tennessee River and Monte Sano State Park give it a quiet outdoor side. Affordable and surprisingly smart.

metro527k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$453

more each month than Clarksville ran you

Huntsville runs a little pricier than Clarksville. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the huntsville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,374/mo

3% more expensive than Clarksville(vs $1,337/mo)

02state income tax

5%

$417/mo more in state tax than Clarksville

vs 0% in Clarksville

03after rent

$6,543/mo

$453 less than Clarksville

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$316k

7% more expensive than Clarksville

vs $294k in Clarksville

05metro size

527k

vs 337k in Clarksville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

177

pleasant days a year, in huntsville.

Clarksville barely cracks 173 pleasant ones.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 16.0× more on the calendar than Clarksville.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

58/100

14% higher than Clarksville

vs 51/100 in Clarksville

Closest outdoor draw: Monte Sano State Park, 2.4 mi.

·walk score®

70/100

16% lower than Clarksville

vs 83/100 in Clarksville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

9

81% fewer than Clarksville

vs 47 nonstops in Clarksville

04 · see also

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