$100k salary, packing up from Buffalo
changea dispatch from
san jose
CA
37.34°N
121.89°W
San Jose is Silicon Valley's anchor city, much bigger than San Francisco by population, and culturally underrated because everyone drives through it on the way somewhere else. The Vietnamese food scene (especially in Little Saigon) is one of the best in the country. The weather is impossibly mild, the Santa Cruz Mountains rise to the west, and the tech money funds a genuinely excellent restaurant scene.
the verdict
more each month than Buffalo ran you
San Jose costs noticeably more than Buffalo. You'd be paying for San Jose itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
153% more expensive than Buffalo(vs $1,374/mo)
9.3%
$287/mo more in state tax than Buffalo
vs 5.85% in Buffalo
$4,088/mo
$2,384 less than Buffalo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
543% more expensive than Buffalo
vs $280k in Buffalo
1.9M
vs 1.2M in Buffalo
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Buffalo keeps to 152 pleasant days a year.
Comparable to Buffalo for events and concerts.
70/100
6% higher than Buffalo
vs 66/100 in Buffalo
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
4% higher than Buffalo
vs 91/100 in Buffalo
29
45% more than Buffalo
vs 20 nonstops in Buffalo
neighbors of san jose on the map of tradeoffs:
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