$100k a year, no longer in Lafayette
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 expensive each month than Lafayette
Huntsville costs more than Lafayette, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
3% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)
5%
$167/mo more in state tax than Lafayette
vs 3% in Lafayette
$6,543/mo
$208 less than Lafayette
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
58% more expensive than Lafayette
vs $200k in Lafayette
527k
vs 414k in Lafayette
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in huntsville.
Lafayette gets 211 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
540% more happening than in Lafayette.
58/100
35% higher than Lafayette
vs 43/100 in Lafayette
Closest outdoor draw: Monte Sano State Park, 2.4 mi.
70/100
18% lower than Lafayette
vs 85/100 in Lafayette
9
200% more than Lafayette
vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette
neighbors of huntsville on the map of tradeoffs:
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