with $100k coming in, swapping out of Lubbock
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
pricier each month than Lubbock
You'd pay for Rochester. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
11% more expensive than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)
5.85%
$488/mo more in state tax than Lubbock
vs 0% in Lubbock
$6,312/mo
$637 less than Lubbock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
30% more expensive than Lubbock
vs $211k in Lubbock
1.1M
vs 360k in Lubbock
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Lubbock actually gets more: 186 pleasant days a year. The trade is winter: 48 days below 20°, vs 7 in Lubbock.
3.8× the events of Lubbock, and the calendar shows it.
58/100
1060% higher than Lubbock
vs 5/100 in Lubbock
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
0% lower than Lubbock
vs 69/100 in Lubbock
18
157% more than Lubbock
vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock
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