$100k salary, packing up from Poughkeepsie
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
below Poughkeepsie's monthly cost
The gap is real. Rochester costs noticeably less than Poughkeepsie, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
30% cheaper than Poughkeepsie(vs $2,198/mo)
5.85%
vs 5.85% in Poughkeepsie
$6,312/mo
$664 more than Poughkeepsie
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
31% cheaper than Poughkeepsie
vs $395k in Poughkeepsie
1.1M
vs 679k in Poughkeepsie
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Poughkeepsie actually gets more: 153 pleasant days a year.
3.0× the events of Poughkeepsie, and the calendar shows it.
58/100
13% lower than Poughkeepsie
vs 67/100 in Poughkeepsie
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
18% lower than Poughkeepsie
vs 84/100 in Poughkeepsie
18
260% more than Poughkeepsie
vs 5 nonstops in Poughkeepsie
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