$100k a year, no longer in Kennewick

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Toledo, OH cityscape

swapping out of kennewick

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

$157

less monthly outlay than Kennewick

A near-tie on cost. What separates Toledo is the life around the numbers.
landable, recorded on the toledo entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,197/mo

29% cheaper than Kennewick(vs $1,686/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Kennewick

vs 0% in Kennewick

03after rent

$6,804/mo

$157 more than Kennewick

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

04a house here

$196k

55% cheaper than Kennewick

vs $441k in Kennewick

05metro size

600k

vs 314k in Kennewick

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

159

pleasant days a year, in toledo.

Kennewick gets 199 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 38 days drop below 20° vs Kennewick's 8.

2400% more happening than in Kennewick.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

55/100

26% lower than Kennewick

vs 74/100 in Kennewick

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

·walk score®

57/100

4% higher than Kennewick

vs 55/100 in Kennewick

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

4

50% fewer than Kennewick

vs 8 nonstops in Kennewick

04 · see also

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