on $100k a year, leaving Lafayette
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
lighter monthly cost than Lafayette
On paper, Memphis and Lafayette are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,436/mo
8% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)
0%
$250/mo less in state tax than Lafayette
vs 3% in Lafayette
$6,897/mo
$146 more than Lafayette
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$244k
22% more expensive than Lafayette
vs $200k in Lafayette
1.3M
vs 414k in Lafayette
field notes, weather & such.
185
pleasant days a year, in memphis.
Lafayette edges ahead with 211 pleasant days.
620% more happening than in Lafayette.
56/100
30% higher than Lafayette
vs 43/100 in Lafayette
Closest outdoor draw: To Fuller, 7.3 mi.
89/100
5% higher than Lafayette
vs 85/100 in Lafayette
32
967% more than Lafayette
vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette
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