with $100k coming in, swapping out of Birmingham
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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the monthly premium over Birmingham
Oxnard doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Oxnard is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
113% more expensive than Birmingham(vs $1,407/mo)
9.3%
$358/mo more in state tax than Birmingham
vs 5% in Birmingham
$4,563/mo
$1,947 less than Birmingham
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
254% more expensive than Birmingham
vs $261k in Birmingham
830k
vs 1.2M in Birmingham
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Birmingham barely cracks 171 pleasant ones.
But the calendar thins out: Birmingham stays 3.8× busier.
74/100
21% higher than Birmingham
vs 61/100 in Birmingham
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
22% higher than Birmingham
vs 79/100 in Birmingham
0
100% fewer than Birmingham
vs 20 nonstops in Birmingham
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