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San Francisco, CA cityscape

if you left lubbock

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

$2,537

more expensive each month than Lubbock

San Francisco doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what San Francisco is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
landable, recorded on the san francisco entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$3,146/mo

127% more expensive than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$775/mo more in state tax than Lubbock

vs 0% in Lubbock

03after rent

$4,412/mo

$2,537 less than Lubbock

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

04a house here

$1239k

488% more expensive than Lubbock

vs $211k in Lubbock

05metro size

4.6M

vs 360k in Lubbock

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

312

pleasant days a year, in san francisco.

Lubbock barely cracks 186 pleasant ones.

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

83/100

1560% higher than Lubbock

vs 5/100 in Lubbock

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

·walk score®

99/100

43% higher than Lubbock

vs 69/100 in Lubbock

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

111

1486% more than Lubbock

vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock

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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