$100k salary, packing up from Milwaukee

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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

$1,895

the monthly premium over Milwaukee

San Francisco is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
landable, recorded on the san francisco entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$3,146/mo

109% more expensive than Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$252/mo more in state tax than Milwaukee

vs 6.27% in Milwaukee

03after rent

$4,412/mo

$1,895 less than Milwaukee

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

04a house here

$1239k

214% more expensive than Milwaukee

vs $394k in Milwaukee

05metro size

4.6M

vs 1.6M in Milwaukee

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

312

pleasant days a year, in san francisco.

Milwaukee barely cracks 149 pleasant ones.

A month here packs 3.7× the events of Milwaukee.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

83/100

36% higher than Milwaukee

vs 61/100 in Milwaukee

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

·walk score®

99/100

1% higher than Milwaukee

vs 98/100 in Milwaukee

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

111

270% more than Milwaukee

vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as san francisco:

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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