$100k salary, packing up from Bridgeport
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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
less monthly outlay than Bridgeport
Rochester is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
45% cheaper than Bridgeport(vs $2,767/mo)
5.85%
$29/mo more in state tax than Bridgeport
vs 5.5% in Bridgeport
$6,312/mo
$1,204 more than Bridgeport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
64% cheaper than Bridgeport
vs $768k in Bridgeport
1.1M
vs 952k in Bridgeport
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Bridgeport gets 172 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 48 days under 20°, vs 15 in Bridgeport.
A real upgrade on things to do: 4.3× Bridgeport's pace.
58/100
9% lower than Bridgeport
vs 64/100 in Bridgeport
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
25% lower than Bridgeport
vs 92/100 in Bridgeport
18
1700% more than Bridgeport
vs 1 nonstops in Bridgeport
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