on $100k a year, leaving Harrisburg
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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the monthly premium over Harrisburg
A real premium for Oxnard. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
107% more expensive than Harrisburg(vs $1,446/mo)
9.3%
$519/mo more in state tax than Harrisburg
vs 3.07% in Harrisburg
$4,563/mo
$2,069 less than Harrisburg
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
199% more expensive than Harrisburg
vs $309k in Harrisburg
830k
vs 606k in Harrisburg
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Harrisburg only manages 152 of those.
A similar weekend lineup to Harrisburg.
74/100
7% higher than Harrisburg
vs 69/100 in Harrisburg
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
3% higher than Harrisburg
vs 93/100 in Harrisburg
0
100% fewer than Harrisburg
vs 12 nonstops in Harrisburg
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