on $100k a year, leaving Phoenix
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 Phoenix, every month
Nashville and Phoenix 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
3% more expensive than Phoenix(vs $1,739/mo)
0%
$208/mo less in state tax than Phoenix
vs 2.5% in Phoenix
$6,543/mo
$157 more than Phoenix
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$461k
1% more expensive than Phoenix
vs $458k in Phoenix
2.1M
vs 5.1M in Phoenix
field notes, weather & such.
173
pleasant days a year, in nashville.
Phoenix has the edge here, logging 181 pleasant days a year.
A month here packs 1.4× the events of Phoenix.
56/100
15% lower than Phoenix
vs 66/100 in Phoenix
Closest outdoor draw: Long Hunter, 14.7 mi.
96/100
1% lower than Phoenix
vs 97/100 in Phoenix
47
48% fewer than Phoenix
vs 91 nonstops in Phoenix
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