on $100k a year, leaving Kansas City
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 each month than Kansas City ran you
Barely costlier than Kansas City. If Rochester pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
2% more expensive than Kansas City(vs $1,502/mo)
5.85%
$96/mo more in state tax than Kansas City
vs 4.7% in Kansas City
$6,312/mo
$128 less than Kansas City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
16% cheaper than Kansas City
vs $326k in Kansas City
1.1M
vs 2.2M in Kansas City
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Kansas City gets 170 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 48 days under 20°, vs 26 in Kansas City.
64% fewer events than Kansas City. The pace eases up.
58/100
4% higher than Kansas City
vs 56/100 in Kansas City
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
27% lower than Kansas City
vs 94/100 in Kansas City
18
58% fewer than Kansas City
vs 43 nonstops in Kansas City
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