with $100k coming in, swapping out of Fort Collins
changea dispatch from
albuquerque
NM
35.08°N
106.65°W
Albuquerque is green chile on everything, the Sandia Mountains turning pink at sunset (the name literally means watermelon), and the Balloon Fiesta in October when 500+ hot air balloons fill the sky. The old town adobes feel like the 1700s, the food fuses Native, Mexican, and Spanish in ways you won't get anywhere else. Breaking Bad fans will recognize half the city, and locals are good-natured about it.
in our guides
the verdict
below Fort Collins's monthly cost
You'd feel the difference in Albuquerque. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Fort Collins.
a quick ledger.
$1,489/mo
24% cheaper than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)
5.9%
$125/mo more in state tax than Fort Collins
vs 4.4% in Fort Collins
$6,353/mo
$357 more than Fort Collins
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$351k
39% cheaper than Fort Collins
vs $572k in Fort Collins
924k
vs 371k in Fort Collins
field notes, weather & such.
205
pleasant days a year, in albuquerque.
Fort Collins barely cracks 177 pleasant ones. Hot stretches show up, though: 34 days above 95° here, 11 in Fort Collins.
4100% more happening than in Fort Collins.
81/100
17% higher than Fort Collins
vs 69/100 in Fort Collins
Closest outdoor draw: Sandia Mountain Wilderness, 13.4 mi.
94/100
9% higher than Fort Collins
vs 86/100 in Fort Collins
23
86% fewer than Fort Collins
vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins
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