on $100k a year, leaving York
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 each month than York ran you
Rochester costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
13% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)
5.85%
$232/mo more in state tax than York
vs 3.07% in York
$6,312/mo
$405 less than York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
12% cheaper than York
vs $310k in York
1.1M
vs 465k in York
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
York actually gets more: 159 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 48 days below 20° here, 27 in York.
A real upgrade on things to do: 30.0× York's pace.
58/100
9% lower than York
vs 64/100 in York
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
26% lower than York
vs 93/100 in York
18
50% more than York
vs 12 nonstops in York
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