$100k salary, packing up from Spartanburg
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
the monthly premium over Spartanburg
Barely costlier than Spartanburg. If Rochester pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
7% more expensive than Spartanburg(vs $1,434/mo)
5.85%
$54/mo less in state tax than Spartanburg
vs 6.5% in Spartanburg
$6,312/mo
$46 less than Spartanburg
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
1% cheaper than Spartanburg
vs $277k in Spartanburg
1.1M
vs 383k in Spartanburg
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Spartanburg gets 191 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Cold is the cost: 48 days drop below 20° vs Spartanburg's 4.
100% more happening than in Spartanburg.
58/100
15% lower than Spartanburg
vs 68/100 in Spartanburg
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
10% lower than Spartanburg
vs 77/100 in Spartanburg
18
10% fewer than Spartanburg
vs 20 nonstops in Spartanburg
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