$100k salary, packing up from Duluth
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
below Duluth's monthly cost
On paper, Rochester and Duluth are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
2% cheaper than Duluth(vs $1,559/mo)
5.85%
$167/mo less in state tax than Duluth
vs 7.85% in Duluth
$6,312/mo
$192 more than Duluth
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
8% more expensive than Duluth
vs $252k in Duluth
1.1M
vs 282k in Duluth
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Duluth only logs 132 pleasant days.
Things to do run about even with Duluth.
58/100
21% lower than Duluth
vs 73/100 in Duluth
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
123% higher than Duluth
vs 31/100 in Duluth
18
350% more than Duluth
vs 4 nonstops in Duluth
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