with $100k coming in, swapping out of Chattanooga
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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more expensive each month than Chattanooga
Buffalo runs a little pricier than Chattanooga. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
10% cheaper than Chattanooga(vs $1,524/mo)
5.85%
$488/mo more in state tax than Chattanooga
vs 0% in Chattanooga
$6,472/mo
$337 less than Chattanooga
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$280k
13% cheaper than Chattanooga
vs $322k in Chattanooga
1.2M
vs 580k in Chattanooga
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in buffalo.
Chattanooga edges ahead with 167 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 42 days under 20°, vs 5 in Chattanooga.
196% more happening than in Chattanooga.
66/100
4% lower than Chattanooga
vs 69/100 in Chattanooga
Closest outdoor draw: Darien Lakes State Park, 23.9 mi.
91/100
11% higher than Chattanooga
vs 82/100 in Chattanooga
20
150% more than Chattanooga
vs 8 nonstops in Chattanooga
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