same $100k income, fresh start from Milwaukee
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
lighter monthly cost than Milwaukee
On paper, Rochester and Milwaukee are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
2% more expensive than Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)
5.85%
$35/mo less in state tax than Milwaukee
vs 6.27% in Milwaukee
$6,312/mo
$5 more than Milwaukee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
31% cheaper than Milwaukee
vs $394k in Milwaukee
1.1M
vs 1.6M in Milwaukee
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Milwaukee has the edge here, logging 149 pleasant days a year.
Milwaukee hosts 2.3× more events.
58/100
5% lower than Milwaukee
vs 61/100 in Milwaukee
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
30% lower than Milwaukee
vs 98/100 in Milwaukee
18
40% fewer than Milwaukee
vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee
neighbors of rochester on the map of tradeoffs:
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