same $100k income, fresh start from Albany
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oxnard
CA
34.20°N
119.18°W
Oxnard is California's strawberry capital, where the fields literally run up to the beach. Channel Islands Harbor is a quiet alternative to the busier Ventura and Santa Barbara, with great seafood and a chill Mexican food scene. The weather is the perfect 65-and-overcast that locals call 'June gloom' for most of summer. The Channel Islands themselves are a ferry ride away.
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more expensive each month than Albany
A real premium for Oxnard. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
82% more expensive than Albany(vs $1,643/mo)
9.3%
$287/mo more in state tax than Albany
vs 5.85% in Albany
$4,563/mo
$1,640 less than Albany
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
155% more expensive than Albany
vs $361k in Albany
830k
vs 905k in Albany
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Albany only manages 147 of those.
A similar weekend lineup to Albany.
74/100
3% higher than Albany
vs 72/100 in Albany
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
5% higher than Albany
vs 91/100 in Albany
0
100% fewer than Albany
vs 19 nonstops in Albany
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