same $100k income, fresh start from San Jose
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
cheaper each month than San Jose
Huntsville sits well below San Jose on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
60% cheaper than San Jose(vs $3,470/mo)
5%
$358/mo less in state tax than San Jose
vs 9.3% in San Jose
$6,543/mo
$2,455 more than San Jose
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
82% cheaper than San Jose
vs $1796k in San Jose
527k
vs 1.9M in San Jose
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in huntsville.
San Jose gets 283 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
Noticeably quieter than San Jose. About 48% fewer events on a typical month.
58/100
17% lower than San Jose
vs 70/100 in San Jose
Closest outdoor draw: Monte Sano State Park, 2.4 mi.
70/100
26% lower than San Jose
vs 95/100 in San Jose
9
69% fewer than San Jose
vs 29 nonstops in San Jose
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