$100k a year, no longer in San Luis Obispo
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
under San Luis Obispo, every month
Move to Memphis and the monthly math gets easier. San Luis Obispo's rent is the headline; Memphis's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,436/mo
54% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,897/mo
$2,434 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$244k
74% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
1.3M
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
185
pleasant days a year, in memphis.
San Luis Obispo has the edge here, logging 303 pleasant days a year.
260% more happening than in San Luis Obispo.
56/100
18% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: To Fuller, 7.3 mi.
89/100
9% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
32
967% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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