$100k salary, packing up from Omaha

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Seattle, WA cityscape

swapping out of omaha

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

$295

the monthly cost of moving past Omaha

Seattle runs a little pricier than Omaha. 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

55% more expensive than Omaha(vs $1,412/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$487/mo less in state tax than Omaha

vs 5.84% in Omaha

03after rent

$6,140/mo

$295 less than Omaha

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

04a house here

$791k

159% more expensive than Omaha

vs $306k in Omaha

05metro size

4.0M

vs 985k in Omaha

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

182

pleasant days a year, in seattle.

Omaha barely cracks 145 pleasant ones.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 4.1× more on the calendar than Omaha.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

93/100

75% higher than Omaha

vs 53/100 in Omaha

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

·walk score®

98/100

13% higher than Omaha

vs 87/100 in Omaha

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

374% more than Omaha

vs 19 nonstops in Omaha

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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compare seattle with:

PortlandTrentonSalt Lake City