same $100k income, fresh start from Lafayette
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 Lafayette
Buffalo costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
3% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)
5.85%
$238/mo more in state tax than Lafayette
vs 3% in Lafayette
$6,472/mo
$279 less than Lafayette
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$280k
40% more expensive than Lafayette
vs $200k in Lafayette
1.2M
vs 414k in Lafayette
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in buffalo.
Lafayette has the edge here, logging 211 pleasant days a year. Bring a real coat. 42 days stay under 20°, well past Lafayette's 0.
1260% more happening than in Lafayette.
66/100
53% higher than Lafayette
vs 43/100 in Lafayette
Closest outdoor draw: Darien Lakes State Park, 23.9 mi.
91/100
7% higher than Lafayette
vs 85/100 in Lafayette
20
567% more than Lafayette
vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette
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