same $100k income, fresh start from San Luis Obispo
changea dispatch from
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
cheaper each month than San Luis Obispo
Move to Albany and the monthly math gets easier. San Luis Obispo's rent is the headline; Albany's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,643/mo
47% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
5.85%
$287/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,203/mo
$1,740 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$361k
61% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
905k
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in albany.
San Luis Obispo gets 303 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Cold is the cost: 62 days drop below 20° vs San Luis Obispo's 0.
2.6× the events of San Luis Obispo, and the calendar shows it.
72/100
6% higher than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: Grafton Lakes State Park, 15.6 mi.
91/100
7% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
19
533% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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