on $100k a year, leaving Columbus
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 Columbus ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Rochester is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
2% more expensive than Columbus(vs $1,511/mo)
5.85%
$155/mo more in state tax than Columbus
vs 3.99% in Columbus
$6,312/mo
$178 less than Columbus
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
22% cheaper than Columbus
vs $350k in Columbus
1.1M
vs 2.2M in Columbus
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Columbus edges ahead with 171 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 48 days under 20°, vs 29 in Columbus.
Lighter on events: Columbus packs 3.9× more into a month.
58/100
2% higher than Columbus
vs 57/100 in Columbus
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
19% lower than Columbus
vs 85/100 in Columbus
18
44% fewer than Columbus
vs 32 nonstops in Columbus
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