$100k salary, packing up from Buffalo
changea dispatch from
sacramento
CA
38.58°N
121.49°W
Sacramento is California's capital and California's pantry, sitting at the heart of one of the most productive farm regions on earth. The 'Farm to Fork' food movement isn't marketing here, it's just dinner. Two rivers meet downtown, summer afternoons are dry and hot enough to justify ice cream as a meal, and Tahoe is a two-hour drive when you need elevation. It's quieter than its big-city neighbors and likes it that way.
the verdict
more each month than Buffalo ran you
Sacramento is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,226/mo
62% more expensive than Buffalo(vs $1,374/mo)
9.3%
$287/mo more in state tax than Buffalo
vs 5.85% in Buffalo
$5,332/mo
$1,140 less than Buffalo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$589k
111% more expensive than Buffalo
vs $280k in Buffalo
2.4M
vs 1.2M in Buffalo
field notes, weather & such.
211
pleasant days a year, in sacramento.
Buffalo barely cracks 152 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 56 days top 95° vs Buffalo's 0.
About as much going on as in Buffalo.
75/100
14% higher than Buffalo
vs 66/100 in Buffalo
Closest outdoor draw: Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, 33.8 mi.
98/100
8% higher than Buffalo
vs 91/100 in Buffalo
28
40% more than Buffalo
vs 20 nonstops in Buffalo
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