on $100k a year, leaving Spokane

change
Nashville, TN cityscape

instead of spokane

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

$270

the monthly premium over Spokane

Nashville costs more than Spokane, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
landable, recorded on the nashville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,790/mo

18% more expensive than Spokane(vs $1,520/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Spokane

03after rent

$6,543/mo

$270 less than Spokane

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

04a house here

$461k

10% more expensive than Spokane

vs $420k in Spokane

05metro size

2.1M

vs 600k in Spokane

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

173

pleasant days a year, in nashville.

Spokane only logs 164 pleasant days.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 7.6× more on the calendar than Spokane.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

56/100

31% lower than Spokane

vs 81/100 in Spokane

Closest outdoor draw: Long Hunter, 14.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

5% higher than Spokane

vs 91/100 in Spokane

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

47

370% more than Spokane

vs 10 nonstops in Spokane

04 · see also

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