$100k salary, packing up from Poughkeepsie
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
below Poughkeepsie's monthly cost
Move to Huntsville and the monthly math gets easier. Poughkeepsie's rent is the headline; Huntsville's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
37% cheaper than Poughkeepsie(vs $2,198/mo)
5%
$71/mo less in state tax than Poughkeepsie
vs 5.85% in Poughkeepsie
$6,543/mo
$895 more than Poughkeepsie
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
20% cheaper than Poughkeepsie
vs $395k in Poughkeepsie
527k
vs 679k in Poughkeepsie
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in huntsville.
Poughkeepsie only logs 153 pleasant days.
220% more happening than in Poughkeepsie.
58/100
13% lower than Poughkeepsie
vs 67/100 in Poughkeepsie
Closest outdoor draw: Monte Sano State Park, 2.4 mi.
70/100
17% lower than Poughkeepsie
vs 84/100 in Poughkeepsie
9
80% more than Poughkeepsie
vs 5 nonstops in Poughkeepsie
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