with $100k coming in, swapping out of Sacramento
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
cheaper each month than Sacramento
Move to York and the monthly math gets easier. Sacramento's rent is the headline; York's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,361/mo
39% cheaper than Sacramento(vs $2,226/mo)
3.07%
$519/mo less in state tax than Sacramento
vs 9.3% in Sacramento
$6,717/mo
$1,385 more than Sacramento
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$310k
47% cheaper than Sacramento
vs $589k in Sacramento
465k
vs 2.4M in Sacramento
field notes, weather & such.
159
pleasant days a year, in york.
Sacramento edges ahead with 211 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 27 days drop below 20° vs Sacramento's 0.
But the calendar thins out: Sacramento stays 84.0× busier.
64/100
15% lower than Sacramento
vs 75/100 in Sacramento
Closest outdoor draw: Codorus State Park, 15 mi.
93/100
5% lower than Sacramento
vs 98/100 in Sacramento
12
57% fewer than Sacramento
vs 28 nonstops in Sacramento
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