$100k a year, no longer in Boise
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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 Boise
Oxnard is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
67% more expensive than Boise(vs $1,794/mo)
9.3%
$292/mo more in state tax than Boise
vs 5.8% in Boise
$4,563/mo
$1,493 less than Boise
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
88% more expensive than Boise
vs $490k in Boise
830k
vs 827k in Boise
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Boise barely cracks 166 pleasant ones.
Lighter on events: Boise packs 1.6× more into a month.
74/100
10% lower than Boise
vs 82/100 in Boise
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
0% lower than Boise
vs 96/100 in Boise
0
100% fewer than Boise
vs 16 nonstops in Boise
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