on $100k a year, leaving Lancaster
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 Lancaster ran you
Rochester costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
1% more expensive than Lancaster(vs $1,517/mo)
5.85%
$232/mo more in state tax than Lancaster
vs 3.07% in Lancaster
$6,312/mo
$249 less than Lancaster
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
29% cheaper than Lancaster
vs $384k in Lancaster
1.1M
vs 559k in Lancaster
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Lancaster has the edge here, logging 158 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 48 days below 20° here, 25 in Lancaster.
A month here packs 2.0× the events of Lancaster.
58/100
8% lower than Lancaster
vs 63/100 in Lancaster
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
29% lower than Lancaster
vs 97/100 in Lancaster
18
1700% more than Lancaster
vs 1 nonstops in Lancaster
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