on $100k a year, leaving Fort Collins

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York, PA cityscape

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York

pa · metro 465k

a 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.

metro465k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$721

under Fort Collins, every month

York gives you room Fort Collins doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
landable, recorded on the york entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,361/mo

31% cheaper than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)

02state income tax

3.07%

$111/mo less in state tax than Fort Collins

vs 4.4% in Fort Collins

03after rent

$6,717/mo

$721 more than Fort Collins

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$310k

46% cheaper than Fort Collins

vs $572k in Fort Collins

05metro size

465k

vs 371k in Fort Collins

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

159

pleasant days a year, in york.

Fort Collins has the edge here, logging 177 pleasant days a year.

On par with Fort Collins for events and shows.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

64/100

7% lower than Fort Collins

vs 69/100 in Fort Collins

Closest outdoor draw: Codorus State Park, 15 mi.

·walk score®

93/100

8% higher than Fort Collins

vs 86/100 in Fort Collins

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

12

93% fewer than Fort Collins

vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as york: