on $100k a year, leaving Austin
changea dispatch from
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 each month than Austin ran you
A real premium for Oxnard. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
89% more expensive than Austin(vs $1,583/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Austin
vs 0% in Austin
$4,563/mo
$2,187 less than Austin
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
113% more expensive than Austin
vs $433k in Austin
830k
vs 2.5M in Austin
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Austin only manages 170 of those.
Austin hosts 5.0× more events.
74/100
32% higher than Austin
vs 56/100 in Austin
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
3% lower than Austin
vs 99/100 in Austin
0
100% fewer than Austin
vs 42 nonstops in Austin
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