same $100k income, fresh start from Los Angeles
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
cheaper each month than Los Angeles
Memphis is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,436/mo
50% cheaper than Los Angeles(vs $2,899/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than Los Angeles
vs 9.3% in Los Angeles
$6,897/mo
$2,238 more than Los Angeles
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$244k
76% cheaper than Los Angeles
vs $1029k in Los Angeles
1.3M
vs 12.8M in Los Angeles
field notes, weather & such.
185
pleasant days a year, in memphis.
Los Angeles gets 283 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
Lighter on events: Los Angeles packs 9.7× more into a month.
56/100
16% lower than Los Angeles
vs 67/100 in Los Angeles
Closest outdoor draw: To Fuller, 7.3 mi.
89/100
7% lower than Los Angeles
vs 96/100 in Los Angeles
32
79% fewer than Los Angeles
vs 150 nonstops in Los Angeles
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