$100k salary, packing up from Huntsville
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 each month than Huntsville ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Buffalo is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
0% more expensive than Huntsville(vs $1,374/mo)
5.85%
$71/mo more in state tax than Huntsville
vs 5% in Huntsville
$6,472/mo
$71 less than Huntsville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$280k
11% cheaper than Huntsville
vs $316k in Huntsville
1.2M
vs 527k in Huntsville
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in buffalo.
Huntsville edges ahead with 177 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 42 days drop below 20° vs Huntsville's 6.
A month here packs 2.1× the events of Huntsville.
66/100
14% higher than Huntsville
vs 58/100 in Huntsville
Closest outdoor draw: Darien Lakes State Park, 23.9 mi.
91/100
30% higher than Huntsville
vs 70/100 in Huntsville
20
122% more than Huntsville
vs 9 nonstops in Huntsville
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