$100k salary, packing up from Cincinnati

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San Francisco, CA cityscape

if you left cincinnati

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

$2,040

the monthly premium over Cincinnati

A real premium for San Francisco. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
landable, recorded on the san francisco entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$3,146/mo

103% more expensive than Cincinnati(vs $1,549/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$443/mo more in state tax than Cincinnati

vs 3.99% in Cincinnati

03after rent

$4,412/mo

$2,040 less than Cincinnati

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

04a house here

$1239k

292% more expensive than Cincinnati

vs $316k in Cincinnati

05metro size

4.6M

vs 2.3M in Cincinnati

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

312

pleasant days a year, in san francisco.

Cincinnati keeps to 162 pleasant days a year.

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

83/100

15% higher than Cincinnati

vs 72/100 in Cincinnati

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

·walk score®

99/100

3% higher than Cincinnati

vs 96/100 in Cincinnati

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

111

136% more than Cincinnati

vs 47 nonstops in Cincinnati

04 · see also

cities that play in san francisco's register:

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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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