$100k salary, packing up from El Paso
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
the monthly premium over El Paso
Rochester runs a little pricier than El Paso. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
4% more expensive than El Paso(vs $1,473/mo)
5.85%
$488/mo more in state tax than El Paso
vs 0% in El Paso
$6,312/mo
$548 less than El Paso
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
18% more expensive than El Paso
vs $231k in El Paso
1.1M
vs 872k in El Paso
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
El Paso edges ahead with 222 pleasant days. Winter asks for something in return: 48 days under 20° here, 1 in El Paso.
About as much going on as in El Paso.
58/100
11% lower than El Paso
vs 65/100 in El Paso
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
26% lower than El Paso
vs 93/100 in El Paso
18
38% more than El Paso
vs 13 nonstops in El Paso
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