$100k a year, no longer in Des Moines
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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more each month than Des Moines ran you
A real premium for Oxnard. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
136% more expensive than Des Moines(vs $1,268/mo)
9.3%
$275/mo more in state tax than Des Moines
vs 6% in Des Moines
$4,563/mo
$2,002 less than Des Moines
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
208% more expensive than Des Moines
vs $300k in Des Moines
830k
vs 737k in Des Moines
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Des Moines only manages 151 of those.
But the calendar thins out: Des Moines stays 1.9× busier.
74/100
35% higher than Des Moines
vs 55/100 in Des Moines
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
23% higher than Des Moines
vs 78/100 in Des Moines
0
100% fewer than Des Moines
vs 17 nonstops in Des Moines
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