same $100k income, fresh start from Santa Maria
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 Santa Maria
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
59% cheaper than Santa Maria(vs $3,352/mo)
3.07%
$519/mo less in state tax than Santa Maria
vs 9.3% in Santa Maria
$6,717/mo
$2,511 more than Santa Maria
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$310k
71% cheaper than Santa Maria
vs $1059k in Santa Maria
465k
vs 441k in Santa Maria
field notes, weather & such.
159
pleasant days a year, in york.
Santa Maria actually gets more: 337 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 27 days below 20° vs Santa Maria's 0.
64/100
8% higher than Santa Maria
vs 59/100 in Santa Maria
Closest outdoor draw: Codorus State Park, 15 mi.
93/100
7% higher than Santa Maria
vs 87/100 in Santa Maria
12
500% more than Santa Maria
vs 2 nonstops in Santa Maria
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