$100k salary, packing up from St. Louis
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 St. Louis, every month
The gap is real. Memphis costs noticeably less than St. Louis, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,436/mo
2% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
0%
$392/mo less in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,897/mo
$366 more than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$244k
12% cheaper than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
1.3M
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
185
pleasant days a year, in memphis.
St. Louis barely cracks 174 pleasant ones.
But the calendar thins out: St. Louis stays 2.2× busier.
56/100
18% lower than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: To Fuller, 7.3 mi.
89/100
2% higher than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
32
47% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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