$100k salary, packing up from Cleveland

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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

$39

the monthly premium over Cleveland

Barely costlier than Cleveland. If Nashville pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
landable, recorded on the nashville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,790/mo

26% more expensive than Cleveland(vs $1,419/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$332/mo less in state tax than Cleveland

vs 3.99% in Cleveland

03after rent

$6,543/mo

$39 less than Cleveland

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

04a house here

$461k

83% more expensive than Cleveland

vs $252k in Cleveland

05metro size

2.1M

vs 2.2M in Cleveland

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

173

pleasant days a year, in nashville.

Cleveland only logs 159 pleasant days.

222% more happening than in Cleveland.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

56/100

11% lower than Cleveland

vs 63/100 in Cleveland

Closest outdoor draw: Long Hunter, 14.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

0% lower than Cleveland

vs 96/100 in Cleveland

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

47

16% fewer than Cleveland

vs 56 nonstops in Cleveland

04 · see also

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