on $100k a year, leaving Fresno
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 Fresno
Oxnard doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Oxnard is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
50% more expensive than Fresno(vs $1,999/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in Fresno
$4,563/mo
$996 less than Fresno
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
121% more expensive than Fresno
vs $418k in Fresno
830k
vs 1.2M in Fresno
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Fresno barely cracks 206 pleasant ones.
But the calendar thins out: Fresno stays 1.6× busier.
74/100
12% higher than Fresno
vs 66/100 in Fresno
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
8% higher than Fresno
vs 89/100 in Fresno
0
100% fewer than Fresno
vs 11 nonstops in Fresno
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