with $100k coming in, swapping out of Detroit
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 expensive each month than Detroit
Barely costlier than Detroit. If Rochester pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
4% more expensive than Detroit(vs $1,472/mo)
5.85%
$133/mo more in state tax than Detroit
vs 4.25% in Detroit
$6,312/mo
$195 less than Detroit
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
4% more expensive than Detroit
vs $262k in Detroit
1.1M
vs 4.3M in Detroit
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Detroit gets 160 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
Detroit hosts 3.0× more events.
58/100
23% higher than Detroit
vs 47/100 in Detroit
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
30% lower than Detroit
vs 99/100 in Detroit
18
87% fewer than Detroit
vs 135 nonstops in Detroit
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