same $100k income, fresh start from Charlotte
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
cheaper each month than Charlotte
A near-tie on cost. What separates Rochester is the life around the numbers.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
11% cheaper than Charlotte(vs $1,728/mo)
5.85%
$113/mo more in state tax than Charlotte
vs 4.5% in Charlotte
$6,312/mo
$82 more than Charlotte
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
30% cheaper than Charlotte
vs $391k in Charlotte
1.1M
vs 2.8M in Charlotte
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Charlotte gets 200 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Cold is the cost: 48 days drop below 20° vs Charlotte's 3.
But the calendar thins out: Charlotte stays 3.8× busier.
58/100
14% higher than Charlotte
vs 51/100 in Charlotte
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
27% lower than Charlotte
vs 94/100 in Charlotte
18
87% fewer than Charlotte
vs 141 nonstops in Charlotte
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