$100k a year, no longer in St. Louis
changea 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.
in our guides
the verdict
more expensive each month than St. Louis
Minneapolis costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,679/mo
19% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
7.85%
$263/mo more in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,000/mo
$531 less than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$398k
44% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
3.7M
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in minneapolis.
St. Louis has the edge here, logging 174 pleasant days a year. The trade is winter: 84 days below 20°, vs 22 in St. Louis.
96% more happening than in St. Louis.
76/100
12% higher than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Fort Snelling State Park, 9.1 mi.
93/100
7% higher than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
130
117% more than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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