with $100k coming in, swapping out of Hartford
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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 Hartford
Oxnard is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
55% more expensive than Hartford(vs $1,931/mo)
9.3%
$317/mo more in state tax than Hartford
vs 5.5% in Hartford
$4,563/mo
$1,381 less than Hartford
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
124% more expensive than Hartford
vs $411k in Hartford
830k
vs 1.2M in Hartford
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Hartford barely cracks 148 pleasant ones.
On par with Hartford for events and shows.
74/100
10% higher than Hartford
vs 67/100 in Hartford
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
5% higher than Hartford
vs 91/100 in Hartford
0
100% fewer than Hartford
vs 26 nonstops in Hartford
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