$100k a year, no longer in Dallas
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 Dallas ran you
Rochester runs a little pricier than Dallas. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
7% cheaper than Dallas(vs $1,647/mo)
5.85%
$488/mo more in state tax than Dallas
vs 0% in Dallas
$6,312/mo
$374 less than Dallas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
26% cheaper than Dallas
vs $367k in Dallas
1.1M
vs 8.1M in Dallas
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Dallas edges ahead with 171 pleasant days. Cold is the cost: 48 days drop below 20° vs Dallas's 2.
93% fewer events than Dallas. The pace eases up.
58/100
2% higher than Dallas
vs 57/100 in Dallas
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
26% lower than Dallas
vs 93/100 in Dallas
18
91% fewer than Dallas
vs 190 nonstops in Dallas
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