$100k a year, no longer in Jacksonville
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 Jacksonville
Oxnard is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
78% more expensive than Jacksonville(vs $1,679/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Jacksonville
vs 0% in Jacksonville
$4,563/mo
$2,091 less than Jacksonville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
158% more expensive than Jacksonville
vs $358k in Jacksonville
830k
vs 1.7M in Jacksonville
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Jacksonville barely cracks 198 pleasant ones.
54% fewer events than Jacksonville. The pace eases up.
74/100
16% higher than Jacksonville
vs 64/100 in Jacksonville
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
3% higher than Jacksonville
vs 93/100 in Jacksonville
0
100% fewer than Jacksonville
vs 26 nonstops in Jacksonville
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