$100k a year, no longer in Ogden
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
under Ogden, every month
A near-tie on cost. What separates Rochester is the life around the numbers.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
7% cheaper than Ogden(vs $1,641/mo)
5.85%
$100/mo more in state tax than Ogden
vs 4.65% in Ogden
$6,312/mo
$7 more than Ogden
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
48% cheaper than Ogden
vs $524k in Ogden
1.1M
vs 658k in Ogden
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Ogden has the edge here, logging 174 pleasant days a year.
15.0× the events of Ogden, and the calendar shows it.
58/100
28% lower than Ogden
vs 80/100 in Ogden
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
18% lower than Ogden
vs 84/100 in Ogden
18
80% fewer than Ogden
vs 90 nonstops in Ogden
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