$100k salary, packing up from Houston
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 cost of moving past Houston
Oxnard costs noticeably more than Houston. You'd be paying for Oxnard itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
86% more expensive than Houston(vs $1,610/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Houston
vs 0% in Houston
$4,563/mo
$2,160 less than Houston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
197% more expensive than Houston
vs $311k in Houston
830k
vs 7.5M in Houston
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Houston only manages 171 of those.
Noticeably quieter than Houston. About 89% fewer events on a typical month.
74/100
35% higher than Houston
vs 55/100 in Houston
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
25% higher than Houston
vs 77/100 in Houston
0
100% fewer than Houston
vs 176 nonstops in Houston
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