same $100k income, fresh start from Roanoke
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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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pricier each month than Roanoke
A real premium for Oxnard. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
117% more expensive than Roanoke(vs $1,382/mo)
9.3%
$296/mo more in state tax than Roanoke
vs 5.75% in Roanoke
$4,563/mo
$1,909 less than Roanoke
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
212% more expensive than Roanoke
vs $296k in Roanoke
830k
vs 314k in Roanoke
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Roanoke keeps to 179 pleasant days a year.
2.0× the events of Roanoke, and the calendar shows it.
74/100
7% higher than Roanoke
vs 69/100 in Roanoke
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
2% higher than Roanoke
vs 94/100 in Roanoke
0
100% fewer than Roanoke
vs 9 nonstops in Roanoke
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