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Richmond, VA cityscape

if you left green bay

Richmond

va · metro 1.4M

photo: K / pexels

a dispatch from

richmond

VA

37.54°N

77.43°W

Richmond is one of the only major U.S. cities with class IV whitewater rapids running right through downtown. The James River's Belle Isle is a public park where people sunbathe on boulders mid-river. The Fan and Carytown neighborhoods are full of murals, vintage shops, and porches built for sitting. The food scene leans creative, the beer scene leans plentiful, and VCU keeps the arts energy buzzing.

metro1.4M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$526

the monthly cost of moving past Green Bay

Richmond runs a little pricier than Green Bay. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the richmond entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,691/mo

51% more expensive than Green Bay(vs $1,122/mo)

02state income tax

5.75%

$43/mo less in state tax than Green Bay

vs 6.27% in Green Bay

03after rent

$6,163/mo

$526 less than Green Bay

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

04a house here

$394k

16% more expensive than Green Bay

vs $340k in Green Bay

05metro size

1.4M

vs 332k in Green Bay

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

172

pleasant days a year, in richmond.

Green Bay barely cracks 146 pleasant ones.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 9.7× more on the calendar than Green Bay.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

65/100

11% lower than Green Bay

vs 73/100 in Green Bay

Closest outdoor draw: Maggie L. Walker, 0.7 mi.

·walk score®

69/100

21% lower than Green Bay

vs 87/100 in Green Bay

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

19

375% more than Green Bay

vs 4 nonstops in Green Bay

04 · see also

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