with $100k coming in, swapping out of Fort Collins
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 Fort Collins
Sacramento runs a little pricier than Fort Collins. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$2,226/mo
13% more expensive than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)
9.3%
$408/mo more in state tax than Fort Collins
vs 4.4% in Fort Collins
$5,332/mo
$664 less than Fort Collins
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$589k
3% more expensive than Fort Collins
vs $572k in Fort Collins
2.4M
vs 371k in Fort Collins
field notes, weather & such.
211
pleasant days a year, in sacramento.
Fort Collins barely cracks 177 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 56 days top 95° vs Fort Collins's 11.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 84.0× more on the calendar than Fort Collins.
75/100
9% higher than Fort Collins
vs 69/100 in Fort Collins
Closest outdoor draw: Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, 33.8 mi.
98/100
14% higher than Fort Collins
vs 86/100 in Fort Collins
28
83% fewer than Fort Collins
vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins
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