with $100k coming in, swapping out of Oxnard

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Charleston, SC cityscape

if you left oxnard

Charleston

sc · metro 849k

photo: Connor Scott McManus / pexels

a dispatch from

charleston

SC

32.78°N

79.94°W

Charleston is pastel rowhouses, cobblestone streets, the smell of pluff mud at low tide, and shrimp and grits that should be illegal everywhere else. The historic district is a working postcard, the food scene punches way above its size, and the porches are made for sitting. Spoleto Festival every spring brings world-class arts. It's small, dense, and absurdly photogenic.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$1,242

below Oxnard's monthly cost

Charleston is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
landable, recorded on the charleston entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,987/mo

34% cheaper than Oxnard(vs $2,995/mo)

02state income tax

6.5%

$233/mo less in state tax than Oxnard

vs 9.3% in Oxnard

03after rent

$5,805/mo

$1,242 more than Oxnard

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

04a house here

$432k

53% cheaper than Oxnard

vs $923k in Oxnard

05metro size

849k

vs 830k in Oxnard

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

212

pleasant days a year, in charleston.

Oxnard gets 342 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

1.7× the events of Oxnard, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

9% lower than Oxnard

vs 74/100 in Oxnard

Closest outdoor draw: Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area, 19.4 mi.

·walk score®

92/100

4% lower than Oxnard

vs 96/100 in Oxnard

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

20

0% fewer than Oxnard

vs 0 nonstops in Oxnard

04 · see also

if charleston appeals, also worth a look:

see also

reno

$620/mo cheaper

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asheville

$415/mo cheaper

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greenville

$436/mo cheaper

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