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Seattle, WA cityscape

if you left new orleans

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.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$331

more each month than New Orleans ran you

Seattle costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the seattle entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,193/mo

36% more expensive than New Orleans(vs $1,612/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$250/mo less in state tax than New Orleans

vs 3% in New Orleans

03after rent

$6,140/mo

$331 less than New Orleans

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

04a house here

$791k

205% more expensive than New Orleans

vs $259k in New Orleans

05metro size

4.0M

vs 962k in New Orleans

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

182

pleasant days a year, in seattle.

New Orleans has the edge here, logging 235 pleasant days a year.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 2.6× more on the calendar than New Orleans.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

93/100

69% higher than New Orleans

vs 55/100 in New Orleans

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

·walk score®

98/100

0% lower than New Orleans

vs 98/100 in New Orleans

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

131% more than New Orleans

vs 39 nonstops in New Orleans

04 · see also

same energy as seattle, different zip code:

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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