same $100k income, fresh start from Lansing
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 Lansing ran you
You'd pay for Buffalo. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
9% more expensive than Lansing(vs $1,259/mo)
5.85%
$133/mo more in state tax than Lansing
vs 4.25% in Lansing
$6,472/mo
$248 less than Lansing
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$280k
15% more expensive than Lansing
vs $244k in Lansing
1.2M
vs 473k in Lansing
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in buffalo.
Lansing actually gets more: 153 pleasant days a year.
3.8× the events of Lansing, and the calendar shows it.
66/100
16% higher than Lansing
vs 57/100 in Lansing
Closest outdoor draw: Darien Lakes State Park, 23.9 mi.
91/100
14% higher than Lansing
vs 80/100 in Lansing
20
233% more than Lansing
vs 6 nonstops in Lansing
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