on $100k a year, leaving Pittsburgh
changea dispatch from
knoxville
TN
35.96°N
83.92°W
Knoxville is the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains (the most-visited national park in the country, 30 minutes east), the University of Tennessee's Vol energy, and the gold-roofed Sunsphere left over from the 1982 World's Fair. Market Square downtown is brick, patios, and a Saturday farmers market that takes over the whole space. The food and bar scene has come into its own. The mountains do the heavy lifting.
the verdict
more each month than Pittsburgh ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Knoxville is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,731/mo
18% more expensive than Pittsburgh(vs $1,473/mo)
0%
$256/mo less in state tax than Pittsburgh
vs 3.07% in Pittsburgh
$6,602/mo
$3 less than Pittsburgh
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$364k
63% more expensive than Pittsburgh
vs $223k in Pittsburgh
947k
vs 2.4M in Pittsburgh
field notes, weather & such.
189
pleasant days a year, in knoxville.
Pittsburgh barely cracks 161 pleasant ones.
But the calendar thins out: Pittsburgh stays 1.9× busier.
69/100
0% lower than Pittsburgh
vs 69/100 in Pittsburgh
Closest outdoor draw: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 31.8 mi.
71/100
28% lower than Pittsburgh
vs 99/100 in Pittsburgh
17
54% fewer than Pittsburgh
vs 37 nonstops in Pittsburgh
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