$100k a year, no longer in Fort Collins

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New Haven, CT cityscape

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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

$210

more each month than Fort Collins ran you

New Haven costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

6% more expensive than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$92/mo more in state tax than Fort Collins

vs 4.4% in Fort Collins

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$210 less than Fort Collins

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

04a house here

$424k

26% cheaper than Fort Collins

vs $572k in Fort Collins

05metro size

568k

vs 371k in Fort Collins

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Fort Collins actually gets more: 177 pleasant days a year.

A month here packs 18.0× the events of Fort Collins.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

3% lower than Fort Collins

vs 69/100 in Fort Collins

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

12% higher than Fort Collins

vs 86/100 in Fort Collins

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

99% fewer than Fort Collins

vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins

04 · see also

if new haven appeals, also worth a look: