on $100k a year, leaving Santa Maria
changea dispatch from
lakeland
FL
28.04°N
81.95°W
Lakeland has the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world, on the Florida Southern College campus (designed in the 1940s, all skylights and copper). The city sits between Tampa and Orlando, with actual swans patrolling its namesake downtown lake (the city even has a swan management program). Publix is headquartered here, which Floridians treat as a point of pride.
the verdict
under Santa Maria, every month
Lakeland is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,834/mo
45% cheaper than Santa Maria(vs $3,352/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than Santa Maria
vs 9.3% in Santa Maria
$6,499/mo
$2,293 more than Santa Maria
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$301k
72% cheaper than Santa Maria
vs $1059k in Santa Maria
818k
vs 441k in Santa Maria
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in lakeland.
Santa Maria actually gets more: 337 pleasant days a year.
48/100
19% lower than Santa Maria
vs 59/100 in Santa Maria
Closest outdoor draw: Alafia River State Park, 23 mi.
66/100
24% lower than Santa Maria
vs 87/100 in Santa Maria
68
3300% more than Santa Maria
vs 2 nonstops in Santa Maria
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