same $100k income, fresh start from Fayetteville
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 Fayetteville
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Rochester is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
4% cheaper than Fayetteville(vs $1,606/mo)
5.85%
$121/mo more in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.4% in Fayetteville
$6,312/mo
$49 less than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
26% cheaper than Fayetteville
vs $367k in Fayetteville
1.1M
vs 590k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Fayetteville edges ahead with 170 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 48 days drop below 20° vs Fayetteville's 14.
275% more happening than in Fayetteville.
58/100
9% lower than Fayetteville
vs 64/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
16% lower than Fayetteville
vs 82/100 in Fayetteville
18
29% more than Fayetteville
vs 14 nonstops in Fayetteville
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