on $100k a year, leaving Toledo
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 Toledo ran you
Buffalo costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
15% more expensive than Toledo(vs $1,197/mo)
5.85%
$155/mo more in state tax than Toledo
vs 3.99% in Toledo
$6,472/mo
$332 less than Toledo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$280k
42% more expensive than Toledo
vs $196k in Toledo
1.2M
vs 600k in Toledo
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in buffalo.
Toledo actually gets more: 159 pleasant days a year.
2.7× the events of Toledo, and the calendar shows it.
66/100
20% higher than Toledo
vs 55/100 in Toledo
Closest outdoor draw: Darien Lakes State Park, 23.9 mi.
91/100
60% higher than Toledo
vs 57/100 in Toledo
20
400% more than Toledo
vs 4 nonstops in Toledo
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