$100k a year, no longer in York

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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

$931

more each month than York ran you

New Haven costs noticeably more than York. You'd be paying for New Haven itself, not for breathing room around it.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

53% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$203/mo more in state tax than York

vs 3.07% in York

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$931 less than York

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

04a house here

$424k

37% more expensive than York

vs $310k in York

05metro size

568k

vs 465k in York

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

York has the edge here, logging 159 pleasant days a year.

A real upgrade on things to do: 18.0× York's pace.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

5% higher than York

vs 64/100 in York

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

3% higher than York

vs 93/100 in York

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

92% fewer than York

vs 12 nonstops in York

04 · see also

cities that play in new haven's register: