same $100k income, fresh start from Dayton
changea 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.
the verdict
more each month than Dayton ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Huntsville is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
4% more expensive than Dayton(vs $1,321/mo)
5%
$84/mo more in state tax than Dayton
vs 3.99% in Dayton
$6,543/mo
$137 less than Dayton
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
127% more expensive than Dayton
vs $139k in Dayton
527k
vs 808k in Dayton
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in huntsville.
Dayton barely cracks 171 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 2.3× the events of Dayton.
58/100
6% lower than Dayton
vs 62/100 in Dayton
Closest outdoor draw: Monte Sano State Park, 2.4 mi.
70/100
21% lower than Dayton
vs 89/100 in Dayton
9
44% fewer than Dayton
vs 16 nonstops in Dayton
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