on $100k a year, leaving Orlando
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 Orlando ran you
Barely costlier than Orlando. If Rochester pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
21% cheaper than Orlando(vs $1,937/mo)
5.85%
$488/mo more in state tax than Orlando
vs 0% in Orlando
$6,312/mo
$84 less than Orlando
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
32% cheaper than Orlando
vs $402k in Orlando
1.1M
vs 2.8M in Orlando
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Orlando gets 216 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Cold is the cost: 48 days drop below 20° vs Orlando's 0.
But the calendar thins out: Orlando stays 5.2× busier.
58/100
6% lower than Orlando
vs 62/100 in Orlando
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
29% lower than Orlando
vs 97/100 in Orlando
18
88% fewer than Orlando
vs 146 nonstops in Orlando
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