on $100k a year, leaving Salinas
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 Salinas
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Oxnard is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
6% more expensive than Salinas(vs $2,813/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in Salinas
$4,563/mo
$182 less than Salinas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
7% more expensive than Salinas
vs $862k in Salinas
830k
vs 431k in Salinas
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Salinas barely cracks 335 pleasant ones.
74/100
4% higher than Salinas
vs 71/100 in Salinas
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
22% higher than Salinas
vs 79/100 in Salinas
0
100% fewer than Salinas
vs 6 nonstops in Salinas
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