$100k salary, packing up from St. Louis
changea 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.
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below St. Louis's monthly cost
The gap is real. Toledo costs noticeably less than St. Louis, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,197/mo
15% cheaper than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
3.99%
$59/mo less in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,804/mo
$273 more than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$196k
29% cheaper than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
600k
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
159
pleasant days a year, in toledo.
St. Louis has the edge here, logging 174 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 38 days below 20° vs St. Louis's 22.
St. Louis hosts 3.2× more events.
55/100
19% lower than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Maumee Bay State Park, 10 mi.
57/100
34% lower than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
4
93% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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