same $100k income, fresh start from Springfield
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
more expensive each month than Springfield
Rochester costs more than Springfield, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
23% more expensive than Springfield(vs $1,249/mo)
5.85%
$96/mo more in state tax than Springfield
vs 4.7% in Springfield
$6,312/mo
$381 less than Springfield
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
2% more expensive than Springfield
vs $268k in Springfield
1.1M
vs 491k in Springfield
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Springfield gets 170 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 48 days under 20°, vs 20 in Springfield.
88% more happening than in Springfield.
58/100
16% higher than Springfield
vs 50/100 in Springfield
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
22% lower than Springfield
vs 89/100 in Springfield
18
100% more than Springfield
vs 9 nonstops in Springfield
neighbors of rochester on the map of tradeoffs:
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