$100k salary, packing up from Greeley

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Memphis, TN cityscape

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Memphis

tn · metro 1.3M

a 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.

metro1.3M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$628

below Greeley's monthly cost

You'd feel the difference in Memphis. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Greeley.
landable, recorded on the memphis entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,436/mo

15% cheaper than Greeley(vs $1,698/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$367/mo less in state tax than Greeley

vs 4.4% in Greeley

03after rent

$6,897/mo

$628 more than Greeley

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

04a house here

$244k

51% cheaper than Greeley

vs $497k in Greeley

05metro size

1.3M

vs 359k in Greeley

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

185

pleasant days a year, in memphis.

Greeley keeps to 177 pleasant days a year.

800% more happening than in Greeley.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

56/100

16% lower than Greeley

vs 67/100 in Greeley

Closest outdoor draw: To Fuller, 7.3 mi.

·walk score®

89/100

35% higher than Greeley

vs 66/100 in Greeley

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

81% fewer than Greeley

vs 169 nonstops in Greeley

04 · see also

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