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Manchester, NH cityscape

swapping out of tulsa

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

$347

the monthly cost of moving past Tulsa

Manchester runs a little pricier than Tulsa. 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

55% more expensive than Tulsa(vs $1,350/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$396/mo less in state tax than Tulsa

vs 4.75% in Tulsa

03after rent

$6,241/mo

$347 less than Tulsa

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

04a house here

$548k

117% more expensive than Tulsa

vs $253k in Tulsa

05metro size

427k

vs 1.0M in Tulsa

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

154

pleasant days a year, in manchester.

Tulsa edges ahead with 163 pleasant days. Cold is the cost: 54 days drop below 20° vs Tulsa's 12.

But the calendar thins out: Tulsa stays 2.5× busier.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

62/100

27% higher than Tulsa

vs 49/100 in Tulsa

Closest outdoor draw: Pawtuckaway State Park, 16.4 mi.

·walk score®

98/100

27% higher than Tulsa

vs 77/100 in Tulsa

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

13

28% fewer than Tulsa

vs 18 nonstops in Tulsa

04 · see also

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