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Poughkeepsie, NY cityscape

swapping out of sacramento

Poughkeepsie

ny · metro 679k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$316

cheaper each month than Sacramento

Not a fortune, but real money. Poughkeepsie runs cheaper than Sacramento month over month.
landable, recorded on the poughkeepsie entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,198/mo

1% cheaper than Sacramento(vs $2,226/mo)

02state income tax

5.85%

$287/mo less in state tax than Sacramento

vs 9.3% in Sacramento

03after rent

$5,648/mo

$316 more than Sacramento

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

04a house here

$395k

33% cheaper than Sacramento

vs $589k in Sacramento

05metro size

679k

vs 2.4M in Sacramento

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

153

pleasant days a year, in poughkeepsie.

Sacramento gets 211 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter asks for something in return: 42 days under 20° here, 0 in Sacramento.

88% fewer events than Sacramento. The pace eases up.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

11% lower than Sacramento

vs 75/100 in Sacramento

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

·walk score®

84/100

14% lower than Sacramento

vs 98/100 in Sacramento

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

5

82% fewer than Sacramento

vs 28 nonstops in Sacramento

04 · see also

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