01 · the cities
Bridgeport
Bridgeport is the largest city in Connecticut, sitting on Long Island Sound with a working harbor and a real waterfront. P.T. Barnum lived here and the city's museum still pays tribute to his weird genius. It's a quick train ride to New York, with much cheaper housing and proper New England summers. The food scene punches above its weight, with old-school Portuguese and Brazilian spots packed every weekend.
full dispatch→Eugene
Eugene is Track Town USA (Hayward Field is the spiritual home of American distance running), the University of Oregon, and a hippie-academic-outdoorsy culture that's been here since the '60s and isn't going anywhere. The Willamette and McKenzie rivers meet just outside town. Saturday Market downtown has been running for over 50 years. Coffee and craft beer are taken seriously. Misty in winter, glorious in summer.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,767/mo
$1,799/mo
$968/mo less than Bridgeport (54%)
Median home price
Median home price
$768k
$456k
$312k less than Bridgeport
State income tax
State income tax
5.5%
8.8%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$5,108/mo
$5,805/mo
Eugene has $697/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
172 days
206 days
34 more than Bridgeport
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
2 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
15 days
1 days
days below 20°F per year
Bridgeport drops below 20°F on 14 more days per year than Eugene.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
64 / 100
75 / 100
11.0 pts ahead of Bridgeport
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
1 routes
9 routes
8 more direct routes than Bridgeport
Metro size
Metro size
952k metro
381k metro
Bridgeport has 3.9x fewer events per month than Eugene.
the verdict
1
Bridgeport
categories won
7
Eugene
categories won
Eugene wins this comparison, leading on money and weather.
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