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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

$810

more expensive each month than Kingsport

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

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,193/mo

59% more expensive than Kingsport(vs $1,383/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Kingsport

03after rent

$6,140/mo

$810 less than Kingsport

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

04a house here

$791k

224% more expensive than Kingsport

vs $244k in Kingsport

05metro size

4.0M

vs 312k in Kingsport

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

182

pleasant days a year, in seattle.

Kingsport gets 188 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

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

93/100

58% higher than Kingsport

vs 59/100 in Kingsport

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

·walk score®

98/100

32% higher than Kingsport

vs 74/100 in Kingsport

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

2150% more than Kingsport

vs 4 nonstops in Kingsport

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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