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las vegas
NV
36.17°N
115.14°W
Las Vegas is the Strip's neon dream, the desert's quiet edges, and a food scene that has quietly become world-class on the back of all those visiting chefs. Red Rock Canyon is 20 minutes from the Bellagio fountains, which is a useful reset button. Pools open in April and parties go until sunrise. Locals know the best restaurants are always one block off the Strip.
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more expensive each month than South Bend
Barely costlier than South Bend. If Las Vegas pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,731/mo
24% more expensive than South Bend(vs $1,391/mo)
0%
$250/mo less in state tax than South Bend
vs 3% in South Bend
$6,602/mo
$90 less than South Bend
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$451k
96% more expensive than South Bend
vs $230k in South Bend
2.3M
vs 324k in South Bend
field notes, weather & such.
210
pleasant days a year, in las vegas.
South Bend only logs 157 pleasant days. Heat is the cost: 104 days top 95° vs South Bend's 0.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 206.4× more on the calendar than South Bend.
80/100
51% higher than South Bend
vs 53/100 in South Bend
Closest outdoor draw: Death Valley National Park, 66.5 mi.
82/100
0% lower than South Bend
vs 82/100 in South Bend
133
1378% more than South Bend
vs 9 nonstops in South Bend
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