$100k a year, no longer in Kennewick

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Manchester, NH cityscape

if you left kennewick

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

$406

the monthly cost of moving past Kennewick

Manchester costs more than Kennewick, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
landable, recorded on the manchester entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,092/mo

24% more expensive than Kennewick(vs $1,686/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Kennewick

03after rent

$6,241/mo

$406 less than Kennewick

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

04a house here

$548k

24% more expensive than Kennewick

vs $441k in Kennewick

05metro size

427k

vs 314k in Kennewick

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

154

pleasant days a year, in manchester.

Kennewick gets 199 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter asks for something in return: 54 days under 20° here, 8 in Kennewick.

15.0× the events of Kennewick, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

62/100

16% lower than Kennewick

vs 74/100 in Kennewick

Closest outdoor draw: Pawtuckaway State Park, 16.4 mi.

·walk score®

98/100

78% higher than Kennewick

vs 55/100 in Kennewick

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

13

63% more than Kennewick

vs 8 nonstops in Kennewick

04 · see also

neighbors of manchester on the map of tradeoffs:

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