on $100k a year, leaving Wichita
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
pricier each month than Wichita
Rochester costs more than Wichita, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
31% more expensive than Wichita(vs $1,173/mo)
5.85%
$13/mo more in state tax than Wichita
vs 5.7% in Wichita
$6,312/mo
$373 less than Wichita
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
23% more expensive than Wichita
vs $221k in Wichita
1.1M
vs 653k in Wichita
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Wichita gets 164 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 48 days drop below 20° vs Wichita's 20.
1.7× the events of Wichita, and the calendar shows it.
58/100
12% higher than Wichita
vs 52/100 in Wichita
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
0% lower than Wichita
vs 69/100 in Wichita
18
64% more than Wichita
vs 11 nonstops in Wichita
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