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Los Angeles, CA cityscape

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Los Angeles

ca · metro 12.8M

a dispatch from

los angeles

CA

34.05°N

118.24°W

Los Angeles is 88 cities pretending to be one, connected by freeways and a shared love of really good tacos. Every neighborhood is its own scene: surfers in Venice, the Korean grandmas of K-town, mountains rising behind Pasadena, Persian rugs in Westwood. The light at golden hour is so good it makes Instagram filters jealous. Roll the windows down at golden hour, put on a playlist, and let the city stretch out.

metro12.8M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$302

more expensive each month than Santa Rosa

Los Angeles runs a little pricier than Santa Rosa. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the los angeles entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,899/mo

12% more expensive than Santa Rosa(vs $2,597/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

vs 9.3% in Santa Rosa

03after rent

$4,659/mo

$302 less than Santa Rosa

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

04a house here

$1029k

26% more expensive than Santa Rosa

vs $817k in Santa Rosa

05metro size

12.8M

vs 482k in Santa Rosa

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

283

pleasant days a year, in los angeles.

Santa Rosa barely cracks 254 pleasant ones.

A month here packs 348.0× the events of Santa Rosa.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

3% lower than Santa Rosa

vs 69/100 in Santa Rosa

Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 61.5 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

2% lower than Santa Rosa

vs 98/100 in Santa Rosa

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

150

3650% more than Santa Rosa

vs 4 nonstops in Santa Rosa

04 · see also

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