$100k salary, packing up from Los Angeles
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 Los Angeles
Move to Rochester and the monthly math gets easier. Los Angeles's rent is the headline; Rochester's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
47% cheaper than Los Angeles(vs $2,899/mo)
5.85%
$287/mo less in state tax than Los Angeles
vs 9.3% in Los Angeles
$6,312/mo
$1,653 more than Los Angeles
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
73% cheaper than Los Angeles
vs $1029k in Los Angeles
1.1M
vs 12.8M in Los Angeles
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Los Angeles actually gets more: 283 pleasant days a year. The trade is winter: 48 days below 20°, vs 0 in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles hosts 11.6× more events.
58/100
13% lower than Los Angeles
vs 67/100 in Los Angeles
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
28% lower than Los Angeles
vs 96/100 in Los Angeles
18
88% fewer than Los Angeles
vs 150 nonstops in Los Angeles
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