on $100k a year, leaving St. Louis
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 St. Louis, every month
Cost barely budges between Nashville and St. Louis. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
a quick ledger.
$1,790/mo
27% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
0%
$392/mo less in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,543/mo
$12 more than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$461k
67% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
2.1M
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
173
pleasant days a year, in nashville.
St. Louis actually gets more: 174 pleasant days a year.
A month here packs 3.5× the events of St. Louis.
56/100
18% lower than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Long Hunter, 14.7 mi.
96/100
10% higher than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
47
22% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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