on $100k a year, leaving Boston
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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pricier each month than Boston
Oxnard runs a little pricier than Boston. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
5% cheaper than Boston(vs $3,145/mo)
9.3%
$358/mo more in state tax than Boston
vs 5% in Boston
$4,563/mo
$209 less than Boston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
20% more expensive than Boston
vs $771k in Boston
830k
vs 4.9M in Boston
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Boston barely cracks 160 pleasant ones.
86% fewer events than Boston. The pace eases up.
74/100
4% higher than Boston
vs 71/100 in Boston
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
2% lower than Boston
vs 98/100 in Boston
0
100% fewer than Boston
vs 103 nonstops in Boston
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