$100k salary, packing up from Corpus Christi

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San Francisco, CA cityscape

if you left corpus christi

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

$2,511

the monthly premium over Corpus Christi

San Francisco costs noticeably more than Corpus Christi. You'd be paying for San Francisco itself, not for breathing room around it.
landable, recorded on the san francisco entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$3,146/mo

123% more expensive than Corpus Christi(vs $1,410/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$775/mo more in state tax than Corpus Christi

vs 0% in Corpus Christi

03after rent

$4,412/mo

$2,511 less than Corpus Christi

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

04a house here

$1239k

459% more expensive than Corpus Christi

vs $221k in Corpus Christi

05metro size

4.6M

vs 446k in Corpus Christi

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

312

pleasant days a year, in san francisco.

Corpus Christi keeps to 171 pleasant days a year.

A month here packs 15.2× the events of Corpus Christi.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

83/100

66% higher than Corpus Christi

vs 50/100 in Corpus Christi

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

·walk score®

99/100

41% higher than Corpus Christi

vs 70/100 in Corpus Christi

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

111

2675% more than Corpus Christi

vs 4 nonstops in Corpus Christi

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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