on $100k a year, leaving Santa Rosa
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
under Santa Rosa, every month
Move to Rochester and the monthly math gets easier. Santa Rosa's rent is the headline; Rochester's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
41% cheaper than Santa Rosa(vs $2,597/mo)
5.85%
$287/mo less in state tax than Santa Rosa
vs 9.3% in Santa Rosa
$6,312/mo
$1,351 more than Santa Rosa
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
67% cheaper than Santa Rosa
vs $817k in Santa Rosa
1.1M
vs 482k in Santa Rosa
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Santa Rosa edges ahead with 254 pleasant days. Winter asks for something in return: 48 days under 20° here, 0 in Santa Rosa.
30.0× the events of Santa Rosa, and the calendar shows it.
58/100
16% lower than Santa Rosa
vs 69/100 in Santa Rosa
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
30% lower than Santa Rosa
vs 98/100 in Santa Rosa
18
350% more than Santa Rosa
vs 4 nonstops in Santa Rosa
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