$100k salary, packing up from Fort Collins
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
less monthly outlay than Fort Collins
The gap is real. Rochester costs noticeably less than Fort Collins, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
22% cheaper than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)
5.85%
$121/mo more in state tax than Fort Collins
vs 4.4% in Fort Collins
$6,312/mo
$316 more than Fort Collins
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
52% cheaper than Fort Collins
vs $572k in Fort Collins
1.1M
vs 371k in Fort Collins
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Fort Collins has the edge here, logging 177 pleasant days a year.
A month here packs 30.0× the events of Fort Collins.
58/100
16% lower than Fort Collins
vs 69/100 in Fort Collins
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
20% lower than Fort Collins
vs 86/100 in Fort Collins
18
89% fewer than Fort Collins
vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins
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