$100k salary, packing up from Pittsburgh
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
the monthly cost of moving past Pittsburgh
Rochester costs more than Pittsburgh, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
4% more expensive than Pittsburgh(vs $1,473/mo)
5.85%
$232/mo more in state tax than Pittsburgh
vs 3.07% in Pittsburgh
$6,312/mo
$293 less than Pittsburgh
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
23% more expensive than Pittsburgh
vs $223k in Pittsburgh
1.1M
vs 2.4M in Pittsburgh
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Pittsburgh gets 161 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 48 days under 20°, vs 28 in Pittsburgh.
62% fewer events than Pittsburgh. The pace eases up.
58/100
16% lower than Pittsburgh
vs 69/100 in Pittsburgh
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
30% lower than Pittsburgh
vs 99/100 in Pittsburgh
18
51% fewer than Pittsburgh
vs 37 nonstops in Pittsburgh
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