with $100k coming in, swapping out of Sacramento
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
cheaper each month than Sacramento
Rochester is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
31% cheaper than Sacramento(vs $2,226/mo)
5.85%
$287/mo less in state tax than Sacramento
vs 9.3% in Sacramento
$6,312/mo
$980 more than Sacramento
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
54% cheaper than Sacramento
vs $589k in Sacramento
1.1M
vs 2.4M in Sacramento
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Sacramento edges ahead with 211 pleasant days. Winter asks for something in return: 48 days under 20° here, 0 in Sacramento.
64% fewer events than Sacramento. The pace eases up.
58/100
23% lower than Sacramento
vs 75/100 in Sacramento
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
30% lower than Sacramento
vs 98/100 in Sacramento
18
36% fewer than Sacramento
vs 28 nonstops in Sacramento
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