on $100k a year, leaving Phoenix
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 Phoenix
Oxnard costs noticeably more than Phoenix. You'd be paying for Oxnard itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
72% more expensive than Phoenix(vs $1,739/mo)
9.3%
$567/mo more in state tax than Phoenix
vs 2.5% in Phoenix
$4,563/mo
$1,823 less than Phoenix
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
101% more expensive than Phoenix
vs $458k in Phoenix
830k
vs 5.1M in Phoenix
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Phoenix only manages 181 of those.
Phoenix hosts 8.3× more events.
74/100
12% higher than Phoenix
vs 66/100 in Phoenix
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
1% lower than Phoenix
vs 97/100 in Phoenix
0
100% fewer than Phoenix
vs 91 nonstops in Phoenix
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