with $100k coming in, swapping out of Miami
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 Miami
Oxnard is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
12% more expensive than Miami(vs $2,665/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Miami
vs 0% in Miami
$4,563/mo
$1,105 less than Miami
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
63% more expensive than Miami
vs $565k in Miami
830k
vs 6.2M in Miami
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Miami barely cracks 272 pleasant ones.
Miami hosts 41.1× more events.
74/100
4% lower than Miami
vs 77/100 in Miami
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
1% lower than Miami
vs 97/100 in Miami
0
100% fewer than Miami
vs 167 nonstops in Miami
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