$100k salary, packing up from Lubbock
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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the monthly premium over Lubbock
Buffalo costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
1% cheaper than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)
5.85%
$488/mo more in state tax than Lubbock
vs 0% in Lubbock
$6,472/mo
$477 less than Lubbock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$280k
33% more expensive than Lubbock
vs $211k in Lubbock
1.2M
vs 360k in Lubbock
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in buffalo.
Lubbock has the edge here, logging 186 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 42 days below 20° vs Lubbock's 7.
A month here packs 8.5× the events of Lubbock.
66/100
1220% higher than Lubbock
vs 5/100 in Lubbock
Closest outdoor draw: Darien Lakes State Park, 23.9 mi.
91/100
32% higher than Lubbock
vs 69/100 in Lubbock
20
186% more than Lubbock
vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock
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