same $100k income, fresh start from Shreveport
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 Shreveport, every month
On paper, Memphis and Shreveport are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,436/mo
10% more expensive than Shreveport(vs $1,308/mo)
0%
$250/mo less in state tax than Shreveport
vs 3% in Shreveport
$6,897/mo
$122 more than Shreveport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$244k
38% more expensive than Shreveport
vs $176k in Shreveport
1.3M
vs 383k in Shreveport
field notes, weather & such.
185
pleasant days a year, in memphis.
Shreveport only manages 159 of those.
3500% more happening than in Shreveport.
56/100
0% lower than Shreveport
vs 56/100 in Shreveport
Closest outdoor draw: To Fuller, 7.3 mi.
89/100
75% higher than Shreveport
vs 51/100 in Shreveport
32
540% more than Shreveport
vs 5 nonstops in Shreveport
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