on $100k a year, leaving Rochester
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 Rochester 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
45% more expensive than Rochester(vs $1,534/mo)
9.3%
$287/mo more in state tax than Rochester
vs 5.85% in Rochester
$5,332/mo
$980 less than Rochester
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$589k
115% more expensive than Rochester
vs $273k in Rochester
2.4M
vs 1.1M in Rochester
field notes, weather & such.
211
pleasant days a year, in sacramento.
Rochester barely cracks 147 pleasant ones. Summer asks for something in return: 56 days top 95° here, 1 in Rochester.
180% more happening than in Rochester.
75/100
29% higher than Rochester
vs 58/100 in Rochester
Closest outdoor draw: Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, 33.8 mi.
98/100
42% higher than Rochester
vs 69/100 in Rochester
28
56% more than Rochester
vs 18 nonstops in Rochester
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