same $100k income, fresh start from Asheville
changea dispatch from
sacramento
CA
38.58°N
121.49°W
Sacramento is California's capital and California's pantry, sitting at the heart of one of the most productive farm regions on earth. The 'Farm to Fork' food movement isn't marketing here, it's just dinner. Two rivers meet downtown, summer afternoons are dry and hot enough to justify ice cream as a meal, and Tahoe is a two-hour drive when you need elevation. It's quieter than its big-city neighbors and likes it that way.
the verdict
more expensive each month than Asheville
Sacramento is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,226/mo
28% more expensive than Asheville(vs $1,738/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Asheville
vs 4.5% in Asheville
$5,332/mo
$888 less than Asheville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$589k
37% more expensive than Asheville
vs $430k in Asheville
2.4M
vs 417k in Asheville
field notes, weather & such.
211
pleasant days a year, in sacramento.
Asheville barely cracks 201 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 56 days top 95° vs Asheville's 0.
140% more happening than in Asheville.
75/100
14% higher than Asheville
vs 66/100 in Asheville
Closest outdoor draw: Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, 33.8 mi.
98/100
56% higher than Asheville
vs 63/100 in Asheville
28
250% more than Asheville
vs 8 nonstops in Asheville
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