$100k a year, no longer in Huntsville

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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

$403

the monthly cost of moving past Huntsville

Seattle runs a little pricier than Huntsville. 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

60% more expensive than Huntsville(vs $1,374/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$417/mo less in state tax than Huntsville

vs 5% in Huntsville

03after rent

$6,140/mo

$403 less than Huntsville

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

04a house here

$791k

151% more expensive than Huntsville

vs $316k in Huntsville

05metro size

4.0M

vs 527k in Huntsville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

182

pleasant days a year, in seattle.

Huntsville barely cracks 177 pleasant ones.

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

93/100

60% higher than Huntsville

vs 58/100 in Huntsville

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

·walk score®

98/100

40% higher than Huntsville

vs 70/100 in Huntsville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

900% more than Huntsville

vs 9 nonstops in Huntsville

04 · see also

neighbors of seattle on the map of tradeoffs:

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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compare seattle with:

PortlandTrentonSalt Lake City