$100k salary, packing up from New Haven
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
below New Haven's monthly cost
The gap is real. Rochester costs noticeably less than New Haven, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
27% cheaper than New Haven(vs $2,089/mo)
5.85%
$29/mo more in state tax than New Haven
vs 5.5% in New Haven
$6,312/mo
$526 more than New Haven
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
35% cheaper than New Haven
vs $424k in New Haven
1.1M
vs 568k in New Haven
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
New Haven has the edge here, logging 155 pleasant days a year.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 1.7× more on the calendar than New Haven.
58/100
13% lower than New Haven
vs 67/100 in New Haven
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
28% lower than New Haven
vs 96/100 in New Haven
18
1700% more than New Haven
vs 1 nonstops in New Haven
neighbors of rochester on the map of tradeoffs:
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