with $100k coming in, swapping out of San Jose
changea 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.
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the verdict
below San Jose's monthly cost
New Haven is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$2,089/mo
40% cheaper than San Jose(vs $3,470/mo)
5.5%
$317/mo less in state tax than San Jose
vs 9.3% in San Jose
$5,786/mo
$1,698 more than San Jose
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$424k
76% cheaper than San Jose
vs $1796k in San Jose
568k
vs 1.9M in San Jose
field notes, weather & such.
155
pleasant days a year, in new haven.
San Jose actually gets more: 283 pleasant days a year. The trade is winter: 40 days below 20°, vs 0 in San Jose.
San Jose hosts 3.4× more events.
67/100
4% lower than San Jose
vs 70/100 in San Jose
Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.
96/100
1% higher than San Jose
vs 95/100 in San Jose
1
97% fewer than San Jose
vs 29 nonstops in San Jose
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