same $100k income, fresh start from Riverside
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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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more expensive each month than Riverside
Oxnard costs more than Riverside, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
20% more expensive than Riverside(vs $2,493/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in Riverside
$4,563/mo
$502 less than Riverside
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
55% more expensive than Riverside
vs $595k in Riverside
830k
vs 4.7M in Riverside
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Riverside only logs 249 pleasant days.
A real upgrade on things to do: 4.0× Riverside's pace.
74/100
7% higher than Riverside
vs 69/100 in Riverside
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
4% higher than Riverside
vs 92/100 in Riverside
0
100% fewer than Riverside
vs 14 nonstops in Riverside
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