on $100k a year, leaving Spartanburg
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 Spartanburg, every month
Memphis gives you room Spartanburg doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,436/mo
0% more expensive than Spartanburg(vs $1,434/mo)
0%
$542/mo less in state tax than Spartanburg
vs 6.5% in Spartanburg
$6,897/mo
$539 more than Spartanburg
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$244k
12% cheaper than Spartanburg
vs $277k in Spartanburg
1.3M
vs 383k in Spartanburg
field notes, weather & such.
185
pleasant days a year, in memphis.
Spartanburg actually gets more: 191 pleasant days a year.
A month here packs 2.4× the events of Spartanburg.
56/100
18% lower than Spartanburg
vs 68/100 in Spartanburg
Closest outdoor draw: To Fuller, 7.3 mi.
89/100
16% higher than Spartanburg
vs 77/100 in Spartanburg
32
60% more than Spartanburg
vs 20 nonstops in Spartanburg
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