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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

$1,532

more expensive each month than Hartford

San Francisco costs noticeably more than Hartford. 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

63% more expensive than Hartford(vs $1,931/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$317/mo more in state tax than Hartford

vs 5.5% in Hartford

03after rent

$4,412/mo

$1,532 less than Hartford

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

04a house here

$1239k

201% more expensive than Hartford

vs $411k in Hartford

05metro size

4.6M

vs 1.2M in Hartford

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

312

pleasant days a year, in san francisco.

Hartford keeps to 148 pleasant days a year.

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

83/100

24% higher than Hartford

vs 67/100 in Hartford

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

·walk score®

99/100

9% higher than Hartford

vs 91/100 in Hartford

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

111

327% more than Hartford

vs 26 nonstops in Hartford

04 · see also

neighbors of san francisco on the map of tradeoffs:

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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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