with $100k coming in, swapping out of Hickory
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 Hickory
Rochester costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
7% more expensive than Hickory(vs $1,434/mo)
5.85%
$113/mo more in state tax than Hickory
vs 4.5% in Hickory
$6,312/mo
$212 less than Hickory
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
2% more expensive than Hickory
vs $268k in Hickory
1.1M
vs 370k in Hickory
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Hickory actually gets more: 189 pleasant days a year. Bring a real coat. 48 days stay under 20°, well past Hickory's 4.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 1.6× more on the calendar than Hickory.
58/100
9% lower than Hickory
vs 64/100 in Hickory
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
1% lower than Hickory
vs 70/100 in Hickory
18
0% fewer than Hickory
vs 0 nonstops in Hickory
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