$100k a year, no longer in Ann Arbor
changea dispatch from
york
PA
39.96°N
76.73°W
York calls itself the White Rose City, claims to be America's first capital (Continental Congress met here briefly in 1777), and is the home of the Harley-Davidson assembly plant (factory tours available). The market houses in town go back over 100 years. The downtown is brick and walkable, the surrounding farm country is gorgeous, and the Susquehanna River is a quick drive east. Quietly historic.
in our guides
the verdict
under Ann Arbor, every month
York is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,361/mo
35% cheaper than Ann Arbor(vs $2,082/mo)
3.07%
$98/mo less in state tax than Ann Arbor
vs 4.25% in Ann Arbor
$6,717/mo
$820 more than Ann Arbor
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$310k
28% cheaper than Ann Arbor
vs $429k in Ann Arbor
465k
vs 366k in Ann Arbor
field notes, weather & such.
159
pleasant days a year, in york.
Ann Arbor only manages 154 of those.
Ann Arbor hosts 14.0× more events.
64/100
14% higher than Ann Arbor
vs 56/100 in Ann Arbor
Closest outdoor draw: Codorus State Park, 15 mi.
93/100
4% lower than Ann Arbor
vs 97/100 in Ann Arbor
12
91% fewer than Ann Arbor
vs 135 nonstops in Ann Arbor
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