$100k salary, packing up from Detroit
changea 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.
the verdict
under Detroit, every month
On paper, Nashville and Detroit are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,790/mo
22% more expensive than Detroit(vs $1,472/mo)
0%
$354/mo less in state tax than Detroit
vs 4.25% in Detroit
$6,543/mo
$36 more than Detroit
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$461k
76% more expensive than Detroit
vs $262k in Detroit
2.1M
vs 4.3M in Detroit
field notes, weather & such.
173
pleasant days a year, in nashville.
Detroit barely cracks 160 pleasant ones.
3.1× the events of Detroit, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
19% higher than Detroit
vs 47/100 in Detroit
Closest outdoor draw: Long Hunter, 14.7 mi.
96/100
3% lower than Detroit
vs 99/100 in Detroit
47
65% fewer than Detroit
vs 135 nonstops in Detroit
neighbors of nashville on the map of tradeoffs:
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