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Seattle, WA cityscape

if you left fayetteville

Seattle

wa · metro 4.0M

photo: Thom Milkovic / unsplash

a dispatch from

seattle

WA

47.61°N

122.33°W

Seattle is coffee snobs, ferries crossing the sound, mountains in two directions, and misty mornings that make the espresso taste better. Pike Place still throws fish, the salmon is genuinely better here, and the Cascades sit right outside your window like a movie backdrop. The hippie greenmarket soul still runs through everything the tech money has built. Bring layers.

metro4.0M

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$221

pricier each month than Fayetteville

Seattle runs a little pricier than Fayetteville. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the seattle entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,193/mo

37% more expensive than Fayetteville(vs $1,606/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$367/mo less in state tax than Fayetteville

vs 4.4% in Fayetteville

03after rent

$6,140/mo

$221 less than Fayetteville

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

04a house here

$791k

115% more expensive than Fayetteville

vs $367k in Fayetteville

05metro size

4.0M

vs 590k in Fayetteville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

182

pleasant days a year, in seattle.

Fayetteville barely cracks 170 pleasant ones.

3075% more happening than in Fayetteville.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

93/100

45% higher than Fayetteville

vs 64/100 in Fayetteville

Closest outdoor draw: Mount Rainier National Park, 59.8 mi.

·walk score®

98/100

20% higher than Fayetteville

vs 82/100 in Fayetteville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

543% more than Fayetteville

vs 14 nonstops in Fayetteville

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as seattle:

see also

portland

similar overall lifestyle

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see also

trenton

more flight options

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see also

salt lake city

$198/mo cheaper

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