$100k salary, packing up from Baton Rouge
changea dispatch from
memphis
TN
35.15°N
90.05°W
Memphis is dry-rub ribs, Beale Street neon, and the rooms where Stax and Sun Records changed pop music forever. Graceland is a tourist pilgrimage that's still genuinely moving. The Mississippi rolls past, the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel is essential, and the BBQ debate (rib joints vs. the chopped-pork houses) is a local pastime. Soulful in the literal sense.
in our guides
the verdict
below Baton Rouge's monthly cost
A near-tie on cost. What separates Memphis is the life around the numbers.
a quick ledger.
$1,436/mo
6% more expensive than Baton Rouge(vs $1,361/mo)
0%
$250/mo less in state tax than Baton Rouge
vs 3% in Baton Rouge
$6,897/mo
$175 more than Baton Rouge
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$244k
3% cheaper than Baton Rouge
vs $250k in Baton Rouge
1.3M
vs 874k in Baton Rouge
field notes, weather & such.
185
pleasant days a year, in memphis.
Baton Rouge gets 187 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
A month here packs 2.4× the events of Baton Rouge.
56/100
12% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 50/100 in Baton Rouge
Closest outdoor draw: To Fuller, 7.3 mi.
89/100
19% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 75/100 in Baton Rouge
32
700% more than Baton Rouge
vs 4 nonstops in Baton Rouge
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