$100k salary, packing up from Greenville

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Toledo, OH cityscape

swapping out of greenville

Toledo

oh · metro 600k

a dispatch from

toledo

OH

41.66°N

83.56°W

Toledo is the Glass City, with a long history of glassmaking (Owens-Illinois, Libbey, Pilkington), and the Toledo Museum of Art's glass pavilion is genuinely world-class and free. The Mud Hens (yes, Klinger's team) play minor league ball downtown. Sitting between Detroit and Cleveland on Lake Erie, Toledo has serious walleye fishing and a real lake-town pace. Cheaper than its bigger neighbors.

metro600k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$563

below Greenville's monthly cost

The gap is real. Toledo costs noticeably less than Greenville, every month.
landable, recorded on the toledo entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,197/mo

23% cheaper than Greenville(vs $1,551/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$209/mo less in state tax than Greenville

vs 6.5% in Greenville

03after rent

$6,804/mo

$563 more than Greenville

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

04a house here

$196k

37% cheaper than Greenville

vs $311k in Greenville

05metro size

600k

vs 975k in Greenville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

159

pleasant days a year, in toledo.

Greenville edges ahead with 202 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 38 days under 20°, vs 5 in Greenville.

On par with Greenville for events and shows.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

55/100

20% lower than Greenville

vs 69/100 in Greenville

Closest outdoor draw: Maumee Bay State Park, 10 mi.

·walk score®

57/100

32% lower than Greenville

vs 84/100 in Greenville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

4

80% fewer than Greenville

vs 20 nonstops in Greenville

04 · see also

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