on $100k a year, leaving Lexington
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 Lexington
Oxnard costs noticeably more than Lexington. You'd be paying for Oxnard itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
101% more expensive than Lexington(vs $1,488/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Lexington
vs 4.5% in Lexington
$4,563/mo
$1,907 less than Lexington
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
184% more expensive than Lexington
vs $324k in Lexington
830k
vs 520k in Lexington
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Lexington keeps to 171 pleasant days a year.
Noticeably quieter than Lexington. About 43% fewer events on a typical month.
74/100
23% higher than Lexington
vs 60/100 in Lexington
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
9% higher than Lexington
vs 88/100 in Lexington
0
100% fewer than Lexington
vs 13 nonstops in Lexington
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