with $100k coming in, swapping out of San Luis Obispo
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
cheaper each month than San Luis Obispo
Montgomery sits well below San Luis Obispo on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,376/mo
56% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
5%
$358/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,541/mo
$2,078 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$212k
77% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
385k
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
181
pleasant days a year, in montgomery.
San Luis Obispo edges ahead with 303 pleasant days. Hot stretches show up, though: 29 days above 95° here, 14 in San Luis Obispo.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 3.2× more on the calendar than San Luis Obispo.
44/100
35% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: Wind Creek State Park, 40.7 mi.
61/100
38% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
3
0% fewer than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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