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Savannah

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a dispatch from

savannah

GA

32.08°N

81.10°W

Savannah is 22 oak-shaded squares draped in Spanish moss, ghost tours by candlelight, and shrimp and grits so good they should be regulated. The historic district is a working film set that just happens to be a real city, kept lively by SCAD students keeping the cafes weird. To-go cups of cocktails are legal in the historic district, which tells you exactly how the city wants you to spend a Saturday. The oldest art museum in the South is here too, in case you need a culture alibi.

metro425k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$135

more each month than Greenville ran you

Almost a wash on cost. The case for Savannah is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
landable, recorded on the savannah entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,770/mo

14% more expensive than Greenville(vs $1,551/mo)

02state income tax

5.49%

$84/mo less in state tax than Greenville

vs 6.5% in Greenville

03after rent

$6,106/mo

$135 less than Greenville

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

04a house here

$349k

12% more expensive than Greenville

vs $311k in Greenville

05metro size

425k

vs 975k in Greenville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

209

pleasant days a year, in savannah.

Greenville barely cracks 202 pleasant ones.

Things to do run about even with Greenville.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

52/100

25% lower than Greenville

vs 69/100 in Greenville

Closest outdoor draw: Fort Pulaski National Monument, 13.4 mi.

·walk score®

90/100

7% higher than Greenville

vs 84/100 in Greenville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

13

35% fewer than Greenville

vs 20 nonstops in Greenville

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