on $100k a year, leaving Winston-Salem

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New Haven, CT cityscape

next stop after winston-salem

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

$664

more each month than Winston-Salem 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

39% more expensive than Winston-Salem(vs $1,508/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$83/mo more in state tax than Winston-Salem

vs 4.5% in Winston-Salem

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$664 less than Winston-Salem

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

04a house here

$424k

50% more expensive than Winston-Salem

vs $283k in Winston-Salem

05metro size

568k

vs 696k in Winston-Salem

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Winston-Salem has the edge here, logging 186 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 40 days below 20° vs Winston-Salem's 6.

·outdoorscore

67/100

24% higher than Winston-Salem

vs 54/100 in Winston-Salem

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

35% higher than Winston-Salem

vs 71/100 in Winston-Salem

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

0% fewer than Winston-Salem

vs 0 nonstops in Winston-Salem

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as new haven: