$100k salary, packing up from Boston
changea dispatch from
buffalo
NY
42.89°N
78.88°W
Buffalo invented the wing (Anchor Bar, 1964, midnight, blue cheese, celery, not negotiable) and that should tell you most of what you need to know about the city's spirit. The Bills Mafia jumps through tables in subzero parking lots. Niagara Falls is 20 minutes away. The architecture (Sullivan, Wright, Olmsted parks) is genuinely world-class. The snow is part of the local mythology and the locals wear it proudly.
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under Boston, every month
Buffalo is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
56% cheaper than Boston(vs $3,145/mo)
5.85%
$71/mo more in state tax than Boston
vs 5% in Boston
$6,472/mo
$1,700 more than Boston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$280k
64% cheaper than Boston
vs $771k in Boston
1.2M
vs 4.9M in Boston
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in buffalo.
Boston gets 160 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
But the calendar thins out: Boston stays 2.5× busier.
66/100
7% lower than Boston
vs 71/100 in Boston
Closest outdoor draw: Darien Lakes State Park, 23.9 mi.
91/100
7% lower than Boston
vs 98/100 in Boston
20
81% fewer than Boston
vs 103 nonstops in Boston
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