$100k a year, no longer in New York
changea dispatch from
montgomery
AL
32.36°N
86.30°W
Montgomery is civil rights ground zero: Rosa Parks' bus, the start of the Selma march, Dr. King's Dexter Avenue church. The Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice (the lynching memorial) are essential and devastating in equal measure. The city is also the Alabama state capital, with the river curving past, and the food and music scenes have grown up in the last decade. Heavy and beautiful.
in our guides
the verdict
under New York, every month
Montgomery is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,376/mo
59% cheaper than New York(vs $3,329/mo)
5%
$477/mo less in state tax than New York
vs 10.73% in New York
$6,541/mo
$2,431 more than New York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$212k
71% cheaper than New York
vs $739k in New York
385k
vs 19.5M in New York
field notes, weather & such.
181
pleasant days a year, in montgomery.
New York only logs 171 pleasant days. Summers run hot, though: 29 days above 95° vs New York's 1.
New York hosts 122.1× more events.
44/100
44% lower than New York
vs 78/100 in New York
Closest outdoor draw: Wind Creek State Park, 40.7 mi.
61/100
39% lower than New York
vs 100/100 in New York
3
99% fewer than New York
vs 215 nonstops in New York
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