with $100k coming in, swapping out of Milwaukee

change
New Haven, CT cityscape

if you left milwaukee

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

$521

the monthly premium over Milwaukee

You'd pay for New Haven. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

39% more expensive than Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$64/mo less in state tax than Milwaukee

vs 6.27% in Milwaukee

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$521 less than Milwaukee

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

04a house here

$424k

7% more expensive than Milwaukee

vs $394k in Milwaukee

05metro size

568k

vs 1.6M in Milwaukee

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Milwaukee only manages 149 of those.

Milwaukee hosts 3.9× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

10% higher than Milwaukee

vs 61/100 in Milwaukee

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

2% lower than Milwaukee

vs 98/100 in Milwaukee

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

97% fewer than Milwaukee

vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee

04 · see also

same energy as new haven, different zip code: