on $100k a year, leaving San Francisco
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
lighter monthly cost than San Francisco
Move to Rochester and the monthly math gets easier. San Francisco's rent is the headline; Rochester's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
51% cheaper than San Francisco(vs $3,146/mo)
5.85%
$287/mo less in state tax than San Francisco
vs 9.3% in San Francisco
$6,312/mo
$1,900 more than San Francisco
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
78% cheaper than San Francisco
vs $1239k in San Francisco
1.1M
vs 4.6M in San Francisco
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
San Francisco gets 312 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter asks for something in return: 48 days under 20° here, 0 in San Francisco.
San Francisco hosts 8.6× more events.
58/100
30% lower than San Francisco
vs 83/100 in San Francisco
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
30% lower than San Francisco
vs 99/100 in San Francisco
18
84% fewer than San Francisco
vs 111 nonstops in San Francisco
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