$100k salary, packing up from Los Angeles
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 Los Angeles's monthly cost
Move to Lubbock and the monthly math gets easier. Los Angeles's rent is the headline; Lubbock's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,384/mo
52% cheaper than Los Angeles(vs $2,899/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than Los Angeles
vs 9.3% in Los Angeles
$6,949/mo
$2,290 more than Los Angeles
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$211k
80% cheaper than Los Angeles
vs $1029k in Los Angeles
360k
vs 12.8M in Los Angeles
field notes, weather & such.
186
pleasant days a year, in lubbock.
Los Angeles actually gets more: 283 pleasant days a year. The trade is summer: 61 days above 95°, vs 19 in Los Angeles.
Noticeably quieter than Los Angeles. About 98% fewer events on a typical month.
5/100
93% lower than Los Angeles
vs 67/100 in Los Angeles
69/100
28% lower than Los Angeles
vs 96/100 in Los Angeles
7
95% fewer than Los Angeles
vs 150 nonstops in Los Angeles
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