$100k salary, packing up from Salinas
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albany
NY
42.65°N
73.75°W
Albany is one of the oldest chartered cities in America (1686), with the New York state capitol building wearing every architectural style from Romanesque to Victorian on different sides. The Hudson River and the surrounding Adirondacks and Berkshires give it a serious nature backbone. Five colleges feed in young energy, and Lark Street is the local main drag for food and bars. Quieter than its neighbors, and full of layers.
in our guides
the verdict
below Salinas's monthly cost
Albany is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,643/mo
42% cheaper than Salinas(vs $2,813/mo)
5.85%
$287/mo less in state tax than Salinas
vs 9.3% in Salinas
$6,203/mo
$1,458 more than Salinas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$361k
58% cheaper than Salinas
vs $862k in Salinas
905k
vs 431k in Salinas
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in albany.
Salinas gets 335 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter asks for something in return: 62 days under 20° here, 0 in Salinas.
72/100
1% higher than Salinas
vs 71/100 in Salinas
Closest outdoor draw: Grafton Lakes State Park, 15.6 mi.
91/100
15% higher than Salinas
vs 79/100 in Salinas
19
217% more than Salinas
vs 6 nonstops in Salinas
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