same $100k income, fresh start from Salem
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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 Salem
Oxnard is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
82% more expensive than Salem(vs $1,642/mo)
9.3%
$46/mo more in state tax than Salem
vs 8.75% in Salem
$4,563/mo
$1,399 less than Salem
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
104% more expensive than Salem
vs $452k in Salem
830k
vs 437k in Salem
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Salem barely cracks 201 pleasant ones.
A real upgrade on things to do: 24.0× Salem's pace.
74/100
7% higher than Salem
vs 69/100 in Salem
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
9% higher than Salem
vs 88/100 in Salem
0
0% fewer than Salem
vs 0 nonstops in Salem
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