with $100k coming in, swapping out of San Luis Obispo
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 Luis Obispo
Rochester sits well below San Luis Obispo on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
50% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
5.85%
$287/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,312/mo
$1,849 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
71% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
1.1M
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
San Luis Obispo gets 303 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Cold is the cost: 48 days drop below 20° vs San Luis Obispo's 0.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 3.0× more on the calendar than San Luis Obispo.
58/100
15% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
30% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
18
500% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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