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San Francisco, CA cityscape

if you left las vegas

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

$2,190

more expensive each month than Las Vegas

San Francisco costs noticeably more than Las Vegas. 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

82% more expensive than Las Vegas(vs $1,731/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$775/mo more in state tax than Las Vegas

vs 0% in Las Vegas

03after rent

$4,412/mo

$2,190 less than Las Vegas

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

04a house here

$1239k

175% more expensive than Las Vegas

vs $451k in Las Vegas

05metro size

4.6M

vs 2.3M in Las Vegas

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

312

pleasant days a year, in san francisco.

Las Vegas keeps to 210 pleasant days a year.

But the calendar thins out: Las Vegas stays 13.6× busier.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

83/100

4% higher than Las Vegas

vs 80/100 in Las Vegas

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

·walk score®

99/100

21% higher than Las Vegas

vs 82/100 in Las Vegas

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

111

17% fewer than Las Vegas

vs 133 nonstops in Las Vegas

04 · see also

if san francisco appeals, also worth a look:

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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