with $100k coming in, swapping out of Boston
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
below Boston's monthly cost
Move to Rochester and the monthly math gets easier. Boston's rent is the headline; Rochester's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
51% cheaper than Boston(vs $3,145/mo)
5.85%
$71/mo more in state tax than Boston
vs 5% in Boston
$6,312/mo
$1,540 more than Boston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
65% cheaper than Boston
vs $771k in Boston
1.1M
vs 4.9M in Boston
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Boston gets 160 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 48 days under 20°, vs 33 in Boston.
Lighter on events: Boston packs 5.6× more into a month.
58/100
18% lower than Boston
vs 71/100 in Boston
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
30% lower than Boston
vs 98/100 in Boston
18
83% fewer than Boston
vs 103 nonstops in Boston
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