$100k a year, no longer in Little Rock

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San Diego, CA cityscape

if you left little rock

San Diego

ca · metro 3.3M

photo: Justin Wolff / unsplash

a dispatch from

san diego

CA

32.72°N

117.16°W

San Diego is the city most Californians secretly wish they lived in: 70°F, sunny, and a beach for every mood. Fish tacos are religion, Balboa Park is bigger than Central Park and packed with museums, and the craft beer scene is one of the best in the country. The zoo is world-famous and the burritos are aggressively underrated. Even the freeways feel relaxed here.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$2,090

more each month than Little Rock ran you

San Diego costs noticeably more than Little Rock. You'd be paying for San Diego itself, not for breathing room around it.
landable, recorded on the san diego entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,890/mo

139% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$408/mo more in state tax than Little Rock

vs 4.4% in Little Rock

03after rent

$4,668/mo

$2,090 less than Little Rock

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

04a house here

$1010k

344% more expensive than Little Rock

vs $228k in Little Rock

05metro size

3.3M

vs 765k in Little Rock

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

332

pleasant days a year, in san diego.

Little Rock only manages 163 of those.

13.4× the events of Little Rock, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

75/100

39% higher than Little Rock

vs 54/100 in Little Rock

Closest outdoor draw: Silver Strand State Beach, 4.8 mi.

·walk score®

99/100

102% higher than Little Rock

vs 49/100 in Little Rock

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

55

224% more than Little Rock

vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as san diego:

see also

honolulu

more things to do

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see also

oxnard

better weather

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see also

san luis obispo

more things to do

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compare san diego with:

HonoluluOxnardSan Luis Obispo