$100k salary, packing up from Fort Wayne
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 Fort Wayne ran you
You'd pay for Huntsville. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
16% more expensive than Fort Wayne(vs $1,187/mo)
5%
$167/mo more in state tax than Fort Wayne
vs 3% in Fort Wayne
$6,543/mo
$353 less than Fort Wayne
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
24% more expensive than Fort Wayne
vs $254k in Fort Wayne
527k
vs 458k in Fort Wayne
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in huntsville.
Fort Wayne keeps to 161 pleasant days a year.
A month here packs 1.5× the events of Fort Wayne.
58/100
26% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 46/100 in Fort Wayne
Closest outdoor draw: Monte Sano State Park, 2.4 mi.
70/100
22% lower than Fort Wayne
vs 90/100 in Fort Wayne
9
10% fewer than Fort Wayne
vs 10 nonstops in Fort Wayne
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