same $100k income, fresh start from Memphis
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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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more expensive each month than Memphis
Oxnard is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
109% more expensive than Memphis(vs $1,436/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Memphis
vs 0% in Memphis
$4,563/mo
$2,334 less than Memphis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
279% more expensive than Memphis
vs $244k in Memphis
830k
vs 1.3M in Memphis
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Memphis only logs 185 pleasant days.
Memphis hosts 1.5× more events.
74/100
32% higher than Memphis
vs 56/100 in Memphis
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
8% higher than Memphis
vs 89/100 in Memphis
0
100% fewer than Memphis
vs 32 nonstops in Memphis
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