$100k salary, packing up from Trenton
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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.
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the verdict
less monthly outlay than Trenton
Memphis sits well below Trenton on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,436/mo
43% cheaper than Trenton(vs $2,540/mo)
0%
$531/mo less in state tax than Trenton
vs 6.37% in Trenton
$6,897/mo
$1,634 more than Trenton
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$244k
47% cheaper than Trenton
vs $456k in Trenton
1.3M
vs 382k in Trenton
field notes, weather & such.
185
pleasant days a year, in memphis.
Trenton barely cracks 171 pleasant ones.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 3.3× more on the calendar than Trenton.
56/100
21% lower than Trenton
vs 71/100 in Trenton
Closest outdoor draw: To Fuller, 7.3 mi.
89/100
1% higher than Trenton
vs 88/100 in Trenton
32
74% fewer than Trenton
vs 123 nonstops in Trenton
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