$100k salary, packing up from Lansing

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Poughkeepsie, NY cityscape

instead of lansing

Poughkeepsie

ny · metro 679k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$1,072

the monthly premium over Lansing

A real premium for Poughkeepsie. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
landable, recorded on the poughkeepsie entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,198/mo

75% more expensive than Lansing(vs $1,259/mo)

02state income tax

5.85%

$133/mo more in state tax than Lansing

vs 4.25% in Lansing

03after rent

$5,648/mo

$1,072 less than Lansing

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

04a house here

$395k

62% more expensive than Lansing

vs $244k in Lansing

05metro size

679k

vs 473k in Lansing

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

153

pleasant days a year, in poughkeepsie.

Lansing keeps to 153 pleasant days a year.

Lansing hosts 1.8× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

18% higher than Lansing

vs 57/100 in Lansing

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

·walk score®

84/100

5% higher than Lansing

vs 80/100 in Lansing

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

5

17% fewer than Lansing

vs 6 nonstops in Lansing

04 · see also

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