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Manchester, NH cityscape

if you left chattanooga

Manchester

nh · metro 427k

a dispatch from

manchester

NH

42.99°N

71.46°W

Manchester is built around the Amoskeag Mills, once the largest cotton mill complex in the world, now converted into apartments, restaurants, and offices along the Merrimack River. The downtown's grown into a real food and brewery scene. It's the largest city in New Hampshire (still relatively small) and a quick drive to the lakes, the mountains, or Boston. Plus there's no state income tax or sales tax.

metro427k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$568

more expensive each month than Chattanooga

Manchester runs a little pricier than Chattanooga. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the manchester entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,092/mo

37% more expensive than Chattanooga(vs $1,524/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Chattanooga

03after rent

$6,241/mo

$568 less than Chattanooga

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$548k

70% more expensive than Chattanooga

vs $322k in Chattanooga

05metro size

427k

vs 580k in Chattanooga

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

154

pleasant days a year, in manchester.

Chattanooga edges ahead with 167 pleasant days. Cold is the cost: 54 days drop below 20° vs Chattanooga's 5.

Chattanooga hosts 1.5× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

62/100

10% lower than Chattanooga

vs 69/100 in Chattanooga

Closest outdoor draw: Pawtuckaway State Park, 16.4 mi.

·walk score®

98/100

20% higher than Chattanooga

vs 82/100 in Chattanooga

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

13

63% more than Chattanooga

vs 8 nonstops in Chattanooga

04 · see also

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