on $100k a year, leaving Rochester
changea dispatch from
las vegas
NV
36.17°N
115.14°W
Las Vegas is the Strip's neon dream, the desert's quiet edges, and a food scene that has quietly become world-class on the back of all those visiting chefs. Red Rock Canyon is 20 minutes from the Bellagio fountains, which is a useful reset button. Pools open in April and parties go until sunrise. Locals know the best restaurants are always one block off the Strip.
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under Rochester, every month
Las Vegas gives you room Rochester doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,731/mo
13% more expensive than Rochester(vs $1,534/mo)
0%
$487/mo less in state tax than Rochester
vs 5.85% in Rochester
$6,602/mo
$290 more than Rochester
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$451k
65% more expensive than Rochester
vs $273k in Rochester
2.3M
vs 1.1M in Rochester
field notes, weather & such.
210
pleasant days a year, in las vegas.
Rochester only logs 147 pleasant days. Summer asks for something in return: 104 days top 95° here, 1 in Rochester.
116.9× the events of Rochester, and the calendar shows it.
80/100
38% higher than Rochester
vs 58/100 in Rochester
Closest outdoor draw: Death Valley National Park, 66.5 mi.
82/100
19% higher than Rochester
vs 69/100 in Rochester
133
639% more than Rochester
vs 18 nonstops in Rochester
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