same $100k income, fresh start from San Jose
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 Jose
Rochester sits well below San Jose on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
56% cheaper than San Jose(vs $3,470/mo)
5.85%
$287/mo less in state tax than San Jose
vs 9.3% in San Jose
$6,312/mo
$2,224 more than San Jose
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
85% cheaper than San Jose
vs $1796k in San Jose
1.1M
vs 1.9M in San Jose
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
San Jose has the edge here, logging 283 pleasant days a year. The trade is winter: 48 days below 20°, vs 0 in San Jose.
52% fewer events than San Jose. The pace eases up.
58/100
17% lower than San Jose
vs 70/100 in San Jose
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
27% lower than San Jose
vs 95/100 in San Jose
18
38% fewer than San Jose
vs 29 nonstops in San Jose
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