with $100k coming in, swapping out of New York
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 New York
Move to Rochester and the monthly math gets easier. New York's rent is the headline; Rochester's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
54% cheaper than New York(vs $3,329/mo)
5.85%
$407/mo less in state tax than New York
vs 10.73% in New York
$6,312/mo
$2,202 more than New York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
63% cheaper than New York
vs $739k in New York
1.1M
vs 19.5M in New York
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
New York edges ahead with 171 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 48 days under 20°, vs 19 in New York.
But the calendar thins out: New York stays 130.2× busier.
58/100
26% lower than New York
vs 78/100 in New York
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
31% lower than New York
vs 100/100 in New York
18
92% fewer than New York
vs 215 nonstops in New York
in the same ballpark as rochester:
compare rochester with:
