$100k a year, no longer in Buffalo
changea dispatch from
san diego
CA
32.72°N
117.16°W
San Diego is the city most Californians secretly wish they lived in: 70°F, sunny, and a beach for every mood. Fish tacos are religion, Balboa Park is bigger than Central Park and packed with museums, and the craft beer scene is one of the best in the country. The zoo is world-famous and the burritos are aggressively underrated. Even the freeways feel relaxed here.
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more each month than Buffalo ran you
San Diego doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what San Diego is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,890/mo
110% more expensive than Buffalo(vs $1,374/mo)
9.3%
$287/mo more in state tax than Buffalo
vs 5.85% in Buffalo
$4,668/mo
$1,804 less than Buffalo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1010k
261% more expensive than Buffalo
vs $280k in Buffalo
3.3M
vs 1.2M in Buffalo
field notes, weather & such.
332
pleasant days a year, in san diego.
Buffalo barely cracks 152 pleasant ones.
156% more happening than in Buffalo.
75/100
14% higher than Buffalo
vs 66/100 in Buffalo
Closest outdoor draw: Silver Strand State Beach, 4.8 mi.
99/100
9% higher than Buffalo
vs 91/100 in Buffalo
55
175% more than Buffalo
vs 20 nonstops in Buffalo
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