on $100k a year, leaving Cleveland

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New Haven, CT cityscape

if you left cleveland

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

$796

pricier each month than Cleveland

New Haven runs a little pricier than Cleveland. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

47% more expensive than Cleveland(vs $1,419/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$126/mo more in state tax than Cleveland

vs 3.99% in Cleveland

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$796 less than Cleveland

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

04a house here

$424k

68% more expensive than Cleveland

vs $252k in Cleveland

05metro size

568k

vs 2.2M in Cleveland

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Cleveland edges ahead with 159 pleasant days.

80% fewer events than Cleveland. The pace eases up.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

6% higher than Cleveland

vs 63/100 in Cleveland

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

0% lower than Cleveland

vs 96/100 in Cleveland

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

98% fewer than Cleveland

vs 56 nonstops in Cleveland

04 · see also

neighbors of new haven on the map of tradeoffs: