on $100k a year, leaving Omaha
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
more each month than Omaha ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Rochester is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
9% more expensive than Omaha(vs $1,412/mo)
5.85%
$1/mo more in state tax than Omaha
vs 5.84% in Omaha
$6,312/mo
$123 less than Omaha
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
11% cheaper than Omaha
vs $306k in Omaha
1.1M
vs 985k in Omaha
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Omaha barely cracks 145 pleasant ones.
Lighter on events: Omaha packs 2.1× more into a month.
58/100
9% higher than Omaha
vs 53/100 in Omaha
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
21% lower than Omaha
vs 87/100 in Omaha
18
5% fewer than Omaha
vs 19 nonstops in Omaha
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