01 · the cities
Providence
Providence is what a college town looks like wearing a former industrial capital's old leather jacket. Brown and RISD pour creatives in by the thousand, Federal Hill has been feeding them red sauce since forever, and on summer nights WaterFire literally lights bonfires up and down the river. It's cheap enough that Boston refugees actually stay. The state capitol has the fourth-largest self-supporting marble dome in the world, and you'll be told within an hour of arrival.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,127/mo
$2,198/mo
$71/mo more than Providence (3%)
Median home price
Median home price
$528k
$395k
$133k less than Providence
State income tax
State income tax
6.0%
5.9%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$5,707/mo
$5,648/mo
Providence has $59/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
159 days
153 days
6 fewer than Providence
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
1 days
1 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
35 days
42 days
days below 20°F per year
Poughkeepsie drops below 20°F on 7 more days per year than Providence.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
63 / 100
67 / 100
4.0 pts ahead of Providence
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
17 routes
5 routes
12 fewer direct routes than Providence
Metro size
Metro size
1.7M metro
679k metro
Providence has 2.1x more events per month than Poughkeepsie.
the verdict
5
Providence
categories won
3
Poughkeepsie
categories won
Providence leads on weather and wins overall.
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