on $100k a year, leaving Fort Wayne
changea dispatch from
lubbock
TX
33.58°N
101.86°W
Lubbock is Texas Tech, Buddy Holly's hometown (the museum downtown is a delight), and the heart of West Texas cotton country. The flatness goes on forever, the sunsets are huge, and the wide sky makes every night feel like a planetarium. The food scene leans BBQ and Tex-Mex. The Llano Estacado wine region is right outside town. Friendly and quietly cool.
in our guides
the verdict
below Fort Wayne's monthly cost
Lubbock and Fort Wayne land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,384/mo
17% more expensive than Fort Wayne(vs $1,187/mo)
0%
$250/mo less in state tax than Fort Wayne
vs 3% in Fort Wayne
$6,949/mo
$53 more than Fort Wayne
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$211k
17% cheaper than Fort Wayne
vs $254k in Fort Wayne
360k
vs 458k in Fort Wayne
field notes, weather & such.
186
pleasant days a year, in lubbock.
Fort Wayne only logs 161 pleasant days. Heat is the cost: 61 days top 95° vs Fort Wayne's 0.
Fort Wayne hosts 2.6× more events.
5/100
89% lower than Fort Wayne
vs 46/100 in Fort Wayne
69/100
23% lower than Fort Wayne
vs 90/100 in Fort Wayne
7
30% fewer than Fort Wayne
vs 10 nonstops in Fort Wayne
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