{
  "label": "Four possible Buffalo household months: compare what remains",
  "units": "Hypothetical inputs - USD per month - not city prices or salary offers",
  "categories": [
    "Housing and utilities",
    "Transport",
    "Food and household basics",
    "Care and insurance",
    "Other essentials and Buffalo visits"
  ],
  "cases": [
    {
      "label": "Current Buffalo arrangement",
      "income": 6400,
      "expenses": [
        1550,
        650,
        950,
        850,
        1000
      ],
      "remaining": 1400
    },
    {
      "label": "Lower housing, more travel",
      "income": 6400,
      "expenses": [
        1300,
        1050,
        950,
        900,
        1050
      ],
      "remaining": 1150
    },
    {
      "label": "A confirmed opportunity with higher housing",
      "income": 7200,
      "expenses": [
        1900,
        650,
        950,
        900,
        1050
      ],
      "remaining": 1750
    },
    {
      "label": "A different season on less income",
      "income": 6100,
      "expenses": [
        1750,
        800,
        950,
        900,
        1150
      ],
      "remaining": 550
    }
  ],
  "baseline_remaining": 1400,
  "improved_remaining": 1750,
  "unrecoverable_transition_allowance": 8400,
  "recovery_months": 24,
  "lesson": "The lower housing payment leaves $1,150 after extra travel, compared with $1,400 now. A confirmed opportunity leaves $1,750 even with higher housing; a different seasonal choice leaves $550 on the selected reduced income. Read those results beside the life each arrangement would support.",
  "input_limit": "All inputs are chosen to explain the arithmetic. Replace them with actual dependable take-home income and the same recurring categories for every candidate. Historical city medians do not supply these amounts.",
  "transition_lesson": "The $350 recurring improvement would take 24 continuing months to recover the chosen $8,400 of unrecoverable transition spending. Keep refundable deposits, cash tied up and the available emergency reserve separate, without counting the same savings twice."
}