$100k a year, no longer in Buffalo
changea dispatch from
cincinnati
OH
39.10°N
84.51°W
Cincinnati is chili served on spaghetti (Skyline and Gold Star will fight you about which is better), German heritage in Over-the-Rhine's beer halls, and a riverfront that looks straight across at Kentucky. OTR's brick warehouses have become one of the best urban revitalizations in the country. The Reds play in baseball's oldest professional city. Pronounce it correctly and the locals warm up fast.
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more each month than Buffalo ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Cincinnati is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,549/mo
13% more expensive than Buffalo(vs $1,374/mo)
3.99%
$155/mo less in state tax than Buffalo
vs 5.85% in Buffalo
$6,452/mo
$20 less than Buffalo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
13% more expensive than Buffalo
vs $280k in Buffalo
2.3M
vs 1.2M in Buffalo
field notes, weather & such.
162
pleasant days a year, in cincinnati.
Buffalo barely cracks 152 pleasant ones.
About as much going on as in Buffalo.
72/100
9% higher than Buffalo
vs 66/100 in Buffalo
Closest outdoor draw: East Fork State Park, 22.8 mi.
96/100
5% higher than Buffalo
vs 91/100 in Buffalo
47
135% more than Buffalo
vs 20 nonstops in Buffalo
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