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Poughkeepsie, NY cityscape

if you left albuquerque

Poughkeepsie

ny · metro 679k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$705

more each month than Albuquerque ran you

Poughkeepsie runs a little pricier than Albuquerque. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the poughkeepsie entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,198/mo

48% more expensive than Albuquerque(vs $1,489/mo)

02state income tax

5.85%

$4/mo less in state tax than Albuquerque

vs 5.9% in Albuquerque

03after rent

$5,648/mo

$705 less than Albuquerque

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

04a house here

$395k

12% more expensive than Albuquerque

vs $351k in Albuquerque

05metro size

679k

vs 924k in Albuquerque

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

153

pleasant days a year, in poughkeepsie.

Albuquerque edges ahead with 205 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 42 days drop below 20° vs Albuquerque's 6.

Lighter on events: Albuquerque packs 4.2× more into a month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

17% lower than Albuquerque

vs 81/100 in Albuquerque

Closest outdoor draw: Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park, 15 mi.

·walk score®

84/100

11% lower than Albuquerque

vs 94/100 in Albuquerque

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

5

78% fewer than Albuquerque

vs 23 nonstops in Albuquerque

04 · see also

neighbors of poughkeepsie on the map of tradeoffs:

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