$100k a year, no longer in St. Louis
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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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cheaper each month than St. Louis
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Las Vegas is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,731/mo
23% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
0%
$392/mo less in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,602/mo
$71 more than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$451k
63% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
2.3M
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
210
pleasant days a year, in las vegas.
St. Louis barely cracks 174 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 104 days top 95° vs St. Louis's 5.
43.9× the events of St. Louis, and the calendar shows it.
80/100
18% higher than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Death Valley National Park, 66.5 mi.
82/100
6% lower than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
133
122% more than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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