$100k a year, no longer in Anchorage

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New Haven, CT cityscape

swapping out of anchorage

New Haven

ct · metro 568k

a dispatch from

new haven

CT

41.31°N

72.92°W

New Haven invented apizza (that's a-PEETS, the local New Haven Italian style), and Frank Pepe's claims the white clam pie as their original. Yale anchors the city with its Gothic spires and museums (the Yale University Art Gallery is free and exceptional). The Long Island Sound is right there, and the city's a 90-minute train ride to Grand Central. Pizza-pilgrimage worthy on its own.

metro568k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$834

more each month than Anchorage ran you

New Haven costs noticeably more than Anchorage. You'd be paying for New Haven itself, not for breathing room around it.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

22% more expensive than Anchorage(vs $1,713/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$458/mo more in state tax than Anchorage

vs 0% in Anchorage

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$834 less than Anchorage

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$424k

3% cheaper than Anchorage

vs $438k in Anchorage

05metro size

568k

vs 401k in Anchorage

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Anchorage keeps to 93 pleasant days a year.

·outdoorscore

67/100

1% lower than Anchorage

vs 68/100 in Anchorage

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

22% higher than Anchorage

vs 79/100 in Anchorage

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

97% fewer than Anchorage

vs 34 nonstops in Anchorage

04 · see also

if new haven appeals, also worth a look: