same $100k income, fresh start from Portland
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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more expensive each month than Portland
Oxnard costs noticeably more than Portland. You'd be paying for Oxnard itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
31% more expensive than Portland(vs $2,285/mo)
9.3%
$150/mo more in state tax than Portland
vs 7.5% in Portland
$4,563/mo
$860 less than Portland
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
70% more expensive than Portland
vs $543k in Portland
830k
vs 566k in Portland
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Portland keeps to 145 pleasant days a year.
About as much going on as in Portland.
74/100
4% higher than Portland
vs 71/100 in Portland
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
2% lower than Portland
vs 98/100 in Portland
0
100% fewer than Portland
vs 2 nonstops in Portland
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