$100k a year, no longer in Mobile
changea dispatch from
york
PA
39.96°N
76.73°W
York calls itself the White Rose City, claims to be America's first capital (Continental Congress met here briefly in 1777), and is the home of the Harley-Davidson assembly plant (factory tours available). The market houses in town go back over 100 years. The downtown is brick and walkable, the surrounding farm country is gorgeous, and the Susquehanna River is a quick drive east. Quietly historic.
in our guides
the verdict
under Mobile, every month
York and Mobile land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,361/mo
5% more expensive than Mobile(vs $1,302/mo)
3.07%
$161/mo less in state tax than Mobile
vs 5% in Mobile
$6,717/mo
$102 more than Mobile
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$310k
60% more expensive than Mobile
vs $194k in Mobile
465k
vs 412k in Mobile
field notes, weather & such.
159
pleasant days a year, in york.
Mobile edges ahead with 225 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 27 days under 20°, vs 0 in Mobile.
But the calendar thins out: Mobile stays 24.0× busier.
64/100
8% higher than Mobile
vs 59/100 in Mobile
Closest outdoor draw: Codorus State Park, 15 mi.
93/100
35% higher than Mobile
vs 69/100 in Mobile
12
140% more than Mobile
vs 5 nonstops in Mobile
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