$100k salary, packing up from San Francisco
changea dispatch from
tallahassee
FL
30.44°N
84.28°W
Tallahassee feels more like south Georgia than Florida: oak canopies, rolling hills, and red clay. It's the state capital, home to Florida State (Seminole football is a religion) and FAMU, and surrounded by some of the best springs in the country (Wakulla and Wakulla Springs State Park are 20 minutes south). The food scene leans southern with serious Cuban influence. Cooler in summer than the rest of the state.
the verdict
below San Francisco's monthly cost
Move to Tallahassee and the monthly math gets easier. San Francisco's rent is the headline; Tallahassee's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,527/mo
51% cheaper than San Francisco(vs $3,146/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than San Francisco
vs 9.3% in San Francisco
$6,806/mo
$2,394 more than San Francisco
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$289k
77% cheaper than San Francisco
vs $1239k in San Francisco
393k
vs 4.6M in San Francisco
field notes, weather & such.
186
pleasant days a year, in tallahassee.
San Francisco has the edge here, logging 312 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 35 days top 95° vs San Francisco's 0.
But the calendar thins out: San Francisco stays 129.0× busier.
58/100
30% lower than San Francisco
vs 83/100 in San Francisco
Closest outdoor draw: Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park, 15.6 mi.
77/100
22% lower than San Francisco
vs 99/100 in San Francisco
7
94% fewer than San Francisco
vs 111 nonstops in San Francisco
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