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Nashville, TN cityscape

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Nashville

tn · metro 2.1M

a dispatch from

nashville

TN

36.16°N

86.78°W

Nashville is honky-tonk neon on Broadway, hot chicken so spicy it counts as a personality test, and a music scene that includes way more than country (though country is the headliner). The Ryman Auditorium is still the most acoustically beloved room in American music. Bachelorette parties on pedal taverns are now a recognized weather pattern. Pack stretchy pants for the biscuits.

metro2.1M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$487

cheaper each month than Boise

You'd feel the difference in Nashville. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Boise.
landable, recorded on the nashville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,790/mo

0% more expensive than Boise(vs $1,794/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$483/mo less in state tax than Boise

vs 5.8% in Boise

03after rent

$6,543/mo

$487 more than Boise

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

04a house here

$461k

6% cheaper than Boise

vs $490k in Boise

05metro size

2.1M

vs 827k in Boise

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

173

pleasant days a year, in nashville.

Boise barely cracks 166 pleasant ones.

7.3× the events of Boise, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

56/100

32% lower than Boise

vs 82/100 in Boise

Closest outdoor draw: Long Hunter, 14.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

0% lower than Boise

vs 96/100 in Boise

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

47

194% more than Boise

vs 16 nonstops in Boise

04 · see also

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