same $100k income, fresh start from Lancaster
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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pricier each month than Lancaster
A real premium for Oxnard. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
97% more expensive than Lancaster(vs $1,517/mo)
9.3%
$519/mo more in state tax than Lancaster
vs 3.07% in Lancaster
$4,563/mo
$1,998 less than Lancaster
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
140% more expensive than Lancaster
vs $384k in Lancaster
830k
vs 559k in Lancaster
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Lancaster only manages 158 of those.
60% more happening than in Lancaster.
74/100
17% higher than Lancaster
vs 63/100 in Lancaster
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
1% lower than Lancaster
vs 97/100 in Lancaster
0
100% fewer than Lancaster
vs 1 nonstops in Lancaster
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