$100k a year, no longer in Chattanooga

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Nashville, TN cityscape

swapping out of chattanooga

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

$266

the monthly cost of moving past Chattanooga

Nashville costs more than Chattanooga, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
landable, recorded on the nashville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,790/mo

17% more expensive than Chattanooga(vs $1,524/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Chattanooga

03after rent

$6,543/mo

$266 less than Chattanooga

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

04a house here

$461k

43% more expensive than Chattanooga

vs $322k in Chattanooga

05metro size

2.1M

vs 580k in Chattanooga

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

173

pleasant days a year, in nashville.

Chattanooga only logs 167 pleasant days.

A month here packs 12.3× the events of Chattanooga.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

56/100

19% lower than Chattanooga

vs 69/100 in Chattanooga

Closest outdoor draw: Long Hunter, 14.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

17% higher than Chattanooga

vs 82/100 in Chattanooga

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

47

488% more than Chattanooga

vs 8 nonstops in Chattanooga

04 · see also

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