same $100k income, fresh start from New York
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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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cheaper each month than New York
Not a fortune, but real money. Oxnard runs cheaper than New York month over month.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
10% cheaper than New York(vs $3,329/mo)
9.3%
$119/mo less in state tax than New York
vs 10.73% in New York
$4,563/mo
$453 more than New York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
25% more expensive than New York
vs $739k in New York
830k
vs 19.5M in New York
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
New York only logs 171 pleasant days.
New York hosts 162.8× more events.
74/100
5% lower than New York
vs 78/100 in New York
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
4% lower than New York
vs 100/100 in New York
0
100% fewer than New York
vs 215 nonstops in New York
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