with $100k coming in, swapping out of Oxnard
changea dispatch from
harrisburg
PA
40.26°N
76.88°W
Harrisburg is the Pennsylvania state capital sitting on the Susquehanna River, with a gorgeous Beaux-Arts capitol building (Theodore Roosevelt called it the handsomest building he ever saw). City Island in the middle of the river is a small park with minor league baseball. Hershey is 15 minutes east (yes, that Hershey). Slower-paced than its metro neighbors.
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cheaper each month than Oxnard
Move to Harrisburg and the monthly math gets easier. Oxnard's rent is the headline; Harrisburg's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,446/mo
52% cheaper than Oxnard(vs $2,995/mo)
3.07%
$519/mo less in state tax than Oxnard
vs 9.3% in Oxnard
$6,632/mo
$2,069 more than Oxnard
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$309k
67% cheaper than Oxnard
vs $923k in Oxnard
606k
vs 830k in Oxnard
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in harrisburg.
Oxnard actually gets more: 342 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 33 days below 20° vs Oxnard's 0.
1.4× the events of Oxnard, and the calendar shows it.
69/100
7% lower than Oxnard
vs 74/100 in Oxnard
Closest outdoor draw: Gifford Pinchot State Park, 12.7 mi.
93/100
3% lower than Oxnard
vs 96/100 in Oxnard
12
0% fewer than Oxnard
vs 0 nonstops in Oxnard
in the same ballpark as harrisburg:
