$100k salary, packing up from Springfield
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 Springfield ran you
Buffalo costs more than Springfield, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
10% more expensive than Springfield(vs $1,249/mo)
5.85%
$96/mo more in state tax than Springfield
vs 4.7% in Springfield
$6,472/mo
$221 less than Springfield
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$280k
4% more expensive than Springfield
vs $268k in Springfield
1.2M
vs 491k in Springfield
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in buffalo.
Springfield gets 170 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 42 days under 20°, vs 20 in Springfield.
4.3× the events of Springfield, and the calendar shows it.
66/100
32% higher than Springfield
vs 50/100 in Springfield
Closest outdoor draw: Darien Lakes State Park, 23.9 mi.
91/100
2% higher than Springfield
vs 89/100 in Springfield
20
122% more than Springfield
vs 9 nonstops in Springfield
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