$100k salary, packing up from Providence

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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

$79

below Providence's monthly cost

New Haven and Providence land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

2% cheaper than Providence(vs $2,127/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$41/mo less in state tax than Providence

vs 5.99% in Providence

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$79 more than Providence

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

04a house here

$424k

20% cheaper than Providence

vs $528k in Providence

05metro size

568k

vs 1.7M in Providence

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Providence actually gets more: 159 pleasant days a year.

Things to do run about even with Providence.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

6% higher than Providence

vs 63/100 in Providence

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

0% lower than Providence

vs 96/100 in Providence

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

94% fewer than Providence

vs 17 nonstops in Providence

04 · see also

cities that play in new haven's register: