on $100k a year, leaving Pensacola
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
pricier each month than Pensacola
Rochester costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
12% cheaper than Pensacola(vs $1,752/mo)
5.85%
$488/mo more in state tax than Pensacola
vs 0% in Pensacola
$6,312/mo
$269 less than Pensacola
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
10% cheaper than Pensacola
vs $303k in Pensacola
1.1M
vs 530k in Pensacola
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Pensacola has the edge here, logging 226 pleasant days a year. The trade is winter: 48 days below 20°, vs 0 in Pensacola.
Things to do run about even with Pensacola.
58/100
16% lower than Pensacola
vs 69/100 in Pensacola
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
8% higher than Pensacola
vs 64/100 in Pensacola
18
64% more than Pensacola
vs 11 nonstops in Pensacola
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