with $100k coming in, swapping out of San Luis Obispo

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swapping out of san luis obispo

Minneapolis

mn · metro 3.7M

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a dispatch from

minneapolis

MN

44.98°N

93.27°W

Minneapolis is 22 lakes inside city limits, an extensive skyway system that lets you cross downtown in February without a coat, and a music legacy that runs from Prince to The Replacements. Summer is a glorious lake-jumping, ice-cream-licking festival. Winter is sauna-and-skate season, with rinks on every lake and cross-country trails stitched through the city. Walleye is on every menu.

metro3.7M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$1,537

below San Luis Obispo's monthly cost

Move to Minneapolis and the monthly math gets easier. San Luis Obispo's rent is the headline; Minneapolis's is a footnote.
landable, recorded on the minneapolis entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,679/mo

46% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)

02state income tax

7.85%

$121/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo

vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo

03after rent

$6,000/mo

$1,537 more than San Luis Obispo

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

04a house here

$398k

57% cheaper than San Luis Obispo

vs $934k in San Luis Obispo

05metro size

3.7M

vs 282k in San Luis Obispo

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

147

pleasant days a year, in minneapolis.

San Luis Obispo gets 303 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Cold is the cost: 84 days drop below 20° vs San Luis Obispo's 0.

1470% more happening than in San Luis Obispo.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

76/100

12% higher than San Luis Obispo

vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo

Closest outdoor draw: Fort Snelling State Park, 9.1 mi.

·walk score®

93/100

5% lower than San Luis Obispo

vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

130

4233% more than San Luis Obispo

vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo

04 · see also

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