$100k a year, no longer in Mobile
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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
the monthly cost of moving past Mobile
Rochester runs a little pricier than Mobile. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
18% more expensive than Mobile(vs $1,302/mo)
5.85%
$71/mo more in state tax than Mobile
vs 5% in Mobile
$6,312/mo
$303 less than Mobile
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
41% more expensive than Mobile
vs $194k in Mobile
1.1M
vs 412k in Mobile
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Mobile edges ahead with 225 pleasant days. Cold is the cost: 48 days drop below 20° vs Mobile's 0.
On par with Mobile for events and shows.
58/100
2% lower than Mobile
vs 59/100 in Mobile
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
0% lower than Mobile
vs 69/100 in Mobile
18
260% more than Mobile
vs 5 nonstops in Mobile
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