$100k salary, packing up from Madison
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 Madison
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
79% more expensive than Madison(vs $1,673/mo)
9.3%
$252/mo more in state tax than Madison
vs 6.27% in Madison
$4,563/mo
$1,575 less than Madison
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
99% more expensive than Madison
vs $465k in Madison
830k
vs 694k in Madison
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Madison barely cracks 147 pleasant ones.
Noticeably quieter than Madison. About 40% fewer events on a typical month.
74/100
10% higher than Madison
vs 67/100 in Madison
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
9% higher than Madison
vs 88/100 in Madison
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vs 11 nonstops in Madison
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