with $100k coming in, swapping out of Boston

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San Francisco, CA cityscape

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San Francisco

ca · metro 4.6M

photo: Andrew Whitmore / unsplash

a dispatch from

san francisco

CA

37.77°N

122.42°W

San Francisco is hills, fog, Mission burritos the size of forearms, and pastel Victorians stacked like dominoes. Karl the Fog has his own Instagram, the cable cars are still mechanically pulled by cables running under the street, and the Pacific shows up at the end of every west-bound avenue. The food is wildly good, the views are theatrical, and yes, you'll get cardio just walking to the corner store.

metro4.6M

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$360

pricier each month than Boston

San Francisco costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the san francisco entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$3,146/mo

0% more expensive than Boston(vs $3,145/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$358/mo more in state tax than Boston

vs 5% in Boston

03after rent

$4,412/mo

$360 less than Boston

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

04a house here

$1239k

61% more expensive than Boston

vs $771k in Boston

05metro size

4.6M

vs 4.9M in Boston

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

312

pleasant days a year, in san francisco.

Boston keeps to 160 pleasant days a year.

1.5× the events of Boston, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

83/100

17% higher than Boston

vs 71/100 in Boston

Closest outdoor draw: Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 1.5 mi.

·walk score®

99/100

1% higher than Boston

vs 98/100 in Boston

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

111

8% more than Boston

vs 103 nonstops in Boston

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as san francisco:

see also

san diego

$256/mo cheaper

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honolulu

$162/mo cheaper

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los angeles

$247/mo cheaper

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