on $100k a year, leaving San Diego
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
lighter monthly cost than San Diego
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
52% cheaper than San Diego(vs $2,890/mo)
5%
$358/mo less in state tax than San Diego
vs 9.3% in San Diego
$6,541/mo
$1,873 more than San Diego
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$212k
79% cheaper than San Diego
vs $1010k in San Diego
385k
vs 3.3M in San Diego
field notes, weather & such.
181
pleasant days a year, in montgomery.
San Diego edges ahead with 332 pleasant days. Summers run hot, though: 29 days above 95° vs San Diego's 0.
82% fewer events than San Diego. The pace eases up.
44/100
41% lower than San Diego
vs 75/100 in San Diego
Closest outdoor draw: Wind Creek State Park, 40.7 mi.
61/100
38% lower than San Diego
vs 99/100 in San Diego
3
95% fewer than San Diego
vs 55 nonstops in San Diego
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