on $100k a year, leaving Reno

change
New Haven, CT cityscape

from reno

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

$639

more each month than Reno ran you

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

9% more expensive than Reno(vs $1,908/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$458/mo more in state tax than Reno

vs 0% in Reno

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$639 less than Reno

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

04a house here

$424k

26% cheaper than Reno

vs $574k in Reno

05metro size

568k

vs 565k in Reno

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Reno has the edge here, logging 201 pleasant days a year.

83% fewer events than Reno. The pace eases up.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

6% lower than Reno

vs 71/100 in Reno

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

1% higher than Reno

vs 95/100 in Reno

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

92% fewer than Reno

vs 13 nonstops in Reno

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as new haven: