$100k salary, packing up from Lakeland

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Miami, FL cityscape

if you left lakeland

Miami

fl · metro 6.2M

photo: Rolando Yera / unsplash

a dispatch from

miami

FL

25.77°N

80.19°W

Miami is Spanish before it's English, salsa before it's small talk, and a cortadito before it's a coffee. South Beach Art Deco glows pink at night, Wynwood is a city-sized mural, and the Cuban sandwiches in Little Havana could end fights. Summer is bath-warm ocean and ceiling fans turned up high, and October feels like everywhere else's perfect August. Bring linen.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$831

more each month than Lakeland ran you

Miami doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Miami is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
landable, recorded on the miami entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,665/mo

45% more expensive than Lakeland(vs $1,834/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Lakeland

03after rent

$5,668/mo

$831 less than Lakeland

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$565k

87% more expensive than Lakeland

vs $301k in Lakeland

05metro size

6.2M

vs 818k in Lakeland

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

272

pleasant days a year, in miami.

Lakeland only logs 206 pleasant days.

A month here packs 82.2× the events of Lakeland.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

77/100

60% higher than Lakeland

vs 48/100 in Lakeland

Closest outdoor draw: Everglades National Park Expansion, 20.4 mi.

·walk score®

97/100

47% higher than Lakeland

vs 66/100 in Lakeland

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

167

146% more than Lakeland

vs 68 nonstops in Lakeland

04 · see also

neighbors of miami on the map of tradeoffs:

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los angeles

similar overall lifestyle

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washington

better park access

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orlando

$728/mo cheaper

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