same $100k income, fresh start from Grand Rapids
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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 Grand Rapids
A real premium for Oxnard. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
85% more expensive than Grand Rapids(vs $1,620/mo)
9.3%
$421/mo more in state tax than Grand Rapids
vs 4.25% in Grand Rapids
$4,563/mo
$1,796 less than Grand Rapids
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
162% more expensive than Grand Rapids
vs $353k in Grand Rapids
830k
vs 1.2M in Grand Rapids
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Grand Rapids keeps to 151 pleasant days a year.
But the calendar thins out: Grand Rapids stays 2.9× busier.
74/100
32% higher than Grand Rapids
vs 56/100 in Grand Rapids
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
1% lower than Grand Rapids
vs 97/100 in Grand Rapids
0
100% fewer than Grand Rapids
vs 20 nonstops in Grand Rapids
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