same $100k income, fresh start from San Jose
changea dispatch from
cincinnati
OH
39.10°N
84.51°W
Cincinnati is chili served on spaghetti (Skyline and Gold Star will fight you about which is better), German heritage in Over-the-Rhine's beer halls, and a riverfront that looks straight across at Kentucky. OTR's brick warehouses have become one of the best urban revitalizations in the country. The Reds play in baseball's oldest professional city. Pronounce it correctly and the locals warm up fast.
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cheaper each month than San Jose
Cincinnati sits well below San Jose on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,549/mo
55% cheaper than San Jose(vs $3,470/mo)
3.99%
$442/mo less in state tax than San Jose
vs 9.3% in San Jose
$6,452/mo
$2,364 more than San Jose
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
82% cheaper than San Jose
vs $1796k in San Jose
2.3M
vs 1.9M in San Jose
field notes, weather & such.
162
pleasant days a year, in cincinnati.
San Jose gets 283 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 26 days drop below 20° vs San Jose's 0.
1.4× the events of San Jose, and the calendar shows it.
72/100
3% higher than San Jose
vs 70/100 in San Jose
Closest outdoor draw: East Fork State Park, 22.8 mi.
96/100
1% higher than San Jose
vs 95/100 in San Jose
47
62% more than San Jose
vs 29 nonstops in San Jose
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