with $100k coming in, swapping out of Las Vegas
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 Las Vegas
Oxnard doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Oxnard is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
73% more expensive than Las Vegas(vs $1,731/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Las Vegas
vs 0% in Las Vegas
$4,563/mo
$2,039 less than Las Vegas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
105% more expensive than Las Vegas
vs $451k in Las Vegas
830k
vs 2.3M in Las Vegas
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Las Vegas only logs 210 pleasant days.
Lighter on events: Las Vegas packs 146.2× more into a month.
74/100
7% lower than Las Vegas
vs 80/100 in Las Vegas
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
17% higher than Las Vegas
vs 82/100 in Las Vegas
0
100% fewer than Las Vegas
vs 133 nonstops in Las Vegas
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