same $100k income, fresh start from Columbus
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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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pricier each month than Columbus
A real premium for Oxnard. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
137% more expensive than Columbus(vs $1,264/mo)
9.3%
$318/mo more in state tax than Columbus
vs 5.49% in Columbus
$4,563/mo
$2,049 less than Columbus
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
344% more expensive than Columbus
vs $208k in Columbus
830k
vs 329k in Columbus
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Columbus keeps to 177 pleasant days a year.
About as much going on as in Columbus.
74/100
57% higher than Columbus
vs 47/100 in Columbus
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
23% higher than Columbus
vs 78/100 in Columbus
0
100% fewer than Columbus
vs 1 nonstops in Columbus
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