$100k a year, no longer in Raleigh
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 Raleigh
Oxnard is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
80% more expensive than Raleigh(vs $1,663/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Raleigh
vs 4.5% in Raleigh
$4,563/mo
$1,732 less than Raleigh
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
109% more expensive than Raleigh
vs $440k in Raleigh
830k
vs 1.5M in Raleigh
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Raleigh only logs 201 pleasant days.
Raleigh hosts 2.0× more events.
74/100
28% higher than Raleigh
vs 58/100 in Raleigh
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
1% lower than Raleigh
vs 97/100 in Raleigh
0
100% fewer than Raleigh
vs 39 nonstops in Raleigh
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