same $100k income, fresh start from Baton Rouge
changea dispatch from
rochester
NY
43.16°N
77.62°W
Rochester is the city that Kodak and Xerox built, with a quiet college-town soul (UofR, RIT, Eastman School of Music). The Garbage Plate (cheeseburger, mac salad, home fries, hot sauce, on one plate) is the closest thing to a citywide handshake. Frederick Douglass made his home here, and the Susan B. Anthony House is downtown. The Finger Lakes wine country is right next door.
the verdict
more each month than Baton Rouge ran you
You'd pay for Rochester. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
13% more expensive than Baton Rouge(vs $1,361/mo)
5.85%
$238/mo more in state tax than Baton Rouge
vs 3% in Baton Rouge
$6,312/mo
$410 less than Baton Rouge
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
9% more expensive than Baton Rouge
vs $250k in Baton Rouge
1.1M
vs 874k in Baton Rouge
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Baton Rouge has the edge here, logging 187 pleasant days a year. The trade is winter: 48 days below 20°, vs 1 in Baton Rouge.
A month here packs 2.0× the events of Baton Rouge.
58/100
16% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 50/100 in Baton Rouge
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
8% lower than Baton Rouge
vs 75/100 in Baton Rouge
18
350% more than Baton Rouge
vs 4 nonstops in Baton Rouge
neighbors of rochester on the map of tradeoffs:
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