$100k a year, no longer in Mobile

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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

$72

more expensive each month than Mobile

Barely costlier than Mobile. 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

37% more expensive than Mobile(vs $1,302/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$417/mo less in state tax than Mobile

vs 5% in Mobile

03after rent

$6,543/mo

$72 less than Mobile

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

04a house here

$461k

138% more expensive than Mobile

vs $194k in Mobile

05metro size

2.1M

vs 412k in Mobile

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

173

pleasant days a year, in nashville.

Mobile gets 225 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

A month here packs 11.8× the events of Mobile.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

56/100

5% lower than Mobile

vs 59/100 in Mobile

Closest outdoor draw: Long Hunter, 14.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

39% higher than Mobile

vs 69/100 in Mobile

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

47

840% more than Mobile

vs 5 nonstops in Mobile

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