on $100k a year, leaving Sacramento
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 Sacramento
Oxnard costs more than Sacramento, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
35% more expensive than Sacramento(vs $2,226/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in Sacramento
$4,563/mo
$769 less than Sacramento
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
57% more expensive than Sacramento
vs $589k in Sacramento
830k
vs 2.4M in Sacramento
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Sacramento only logs 211 pleasant days.
But the calendar thins out: Sacramento stays 3.5× busier.
74/100
1% lower than Sacramento
vs 75/100 in Sacramento
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
2% lower than Sacramento
vs 98/100 in Sacramento
0
100% fewer than Sacramento
vs 28 nonstops in Sacramento
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