same $100k income, fresh start from San Luis Obispo
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
under San Luis Obispo, every month
Lubbock is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,384/mo
55% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,949/mo
$2,486 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$211k
77% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
360k
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
186
pleasant days a year, in lubbock.
San Luis Obispo gets 303 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Heat is the cost: 61 days top 95° vs San Luis Obispo's 14.
A similar weekend lineup to San Luis Obispo.
5/100
93% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
69/100
30% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
7
133% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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