$100k salary, packing up from Salinas
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
less monthly outlay than Salinas
Move to Rochester and the monthly math gets easier. Salinas's rent is the headline; Rochester's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
45% cheaper than Salinas(vs $2,813/mo)
5.85%
$287/mo less in state tax than Salinas
vs 9.3% in Salinas
$6,312/mo
$1,567 more than Salinas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
68% cheaper than Salinas
vs $862k in Salinas
1.1M
vs 431k in Salinas
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Salinas gets 335 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter asks for something in return: 48 days under 20° here, 0 in Salinas.
58/100
18% lower than Salinas
vs 71/100 in Salinas
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
13% lower than Salinas
vs 79/100 in Salinas
18
200% more than Salinas
vs 6 nonstops in Salinas
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