$100k a year, no longer in St. Louis
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 each month than St. Louis ran you
Sacramento is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,226/mo
58% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
9.3%
$383/mo more in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$5,332/mo
$1,199 less than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$589k
113% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
2.4M
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
211
pleasant days a year, in sacramento.
St. Louis only logs 174 pleasant days. Heat is the cost: 56 days top 95° vs St. Louis's 5.
About as much going on as in St. Louis.
75/100
10% higher than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, 33.8 mi.
98/100
13% higher than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
28
53% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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