$100k salary, packing up from Hickory
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 Hickory, every month
Nashville and Hickory land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,790/mo
25% more expensive than Hickory(vs $1,434/mo)
0%
$375/mo less in state tax than Hickory
vs 4.5% in Hickory
$6,543/mo
$19 more than Hickory
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$461k
72% more expensive than Hickory
vs $268k in Hickory
2.1M
vs 370k in Hickory
field notes, weather & such.
173
pleasant days a year, in nashville.
Hickory actually gets more: 189 pleasant days a year.
1389% more happening than in Hickory.
56/100
12% lower than Hickory
vs 64/100 in Hickory
Closest outdoor draw: Long Hunter, 14.7 mi.
96/100
37% higher than Hickory
vs 70/100 in Hickory
47
0% fewer than Hickory
vs 0 nonstops in Hickory
neighbors of nashville on the map of tradeoffs:
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