on $100k a year, leaving Dayton
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 Dayton ran you
Rochester costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
16% more expensive than Dayton(vs $1,321/mo)
5.85%
$155/mo more in state tax than Dayton
vs 3.99% in Dayton
$6,312/mo
$368 less than Dayton
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
97% more expensive than Dayton
vs $139k in Dayton
1.1M
vs 808k in Dayton
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Dayton actually gets more: 171 pleasant days a year.
A month here packs 2.1× the events of Dayton.
58/100
6% lower than Dayton
vs 62/100 in Dayton
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
22% lower than Dayton
vs 89/100 in Dayton
18
13% more than Dayton
vs 16 nonstops in Dayton
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