with $100k coming in, swapping out of San Luis Obispo
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
less monthly outlay than San Luis Obispo
Huntsville is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
56% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
5%
$358/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,543/mo
$2,080 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
66% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
527k
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in huntsville.
San Luis Obispo has the edge here, logging 303 pleasant days a year.
220% more happening than in San Luis Obispo.
58/100
15% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: Monte Sano State Park, 2.4 mi.
70/100
29% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
9
200% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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