same $100k income, fresh start from Kennewick
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 Kennewick ran you
Rochester costs more than Kennewick, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
9% cheaper than Kennewick(vs $1,686/mo)
5.85%
$488/mo more in state tax than Kennewick
vs 0% in Kennewick
$6,312/mo
$335 less than Kennewick
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
38% cheaper than Kennewick
vs $441k in Kennewick
1.1M
vs 314k in Kennewick
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Kennewick gets 199 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter asks for something in return: 48 days under 20° here, 8 in Kennewick.
2900% more happening than in Kennewick.
58/100
22% lower than Kennewick
vs 74/100 in Kennewick
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
25% higher than Kennewick
vs 55/100 in Kennewick
18
125% more than Kennewick
vs 8 nonstops in Kennewick
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