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Oxnard, CA cityscape

from cincinnati

Oxnard

ca · metro 830k

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a 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.

metro830k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$1,889

more expensive each month than Cincinnati

Oxnard is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
landable, recorded on the oxnard entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,995/mo

93% more expensive than Cincinnati(vs $1,549/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$443/mo more in state tax than Cincinnati

vs 3.99% in Cincinnati

03after rent

$4,563/mo

$1,889 less than Cincinnati

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$923k

192% more expensive than Cincinnati

vs $316k in Cincinnati

05metro size

830k

vs 2.3M in Cincinnati

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

342

pleasant days a year, in oxnard.

Cincinnati only logs 162 pleasant days.

Noticeably quieter than Cincinnati. About 72% fewer events on a typical month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

74/100

3% higher than Cincinnati

vs 72/100 in Cincinnati

Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

0% lower than Cincinnati

vs 96/100 in Cincinnati

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

0

100% fewer than Cincinnati

vs 47 nonstops in Cincinnati

04 · see also

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