on $100k a year, leaving San Diego
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 San Diego
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
4% more expensive than San Diego(vs $2,890/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in San Diego
$4,563/mo
$105 less than San Diego
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
9% cheaper than San Diego
vs $1010k in San Diego
830k
vs 3.3M in San Diego
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
San Diego barely cracks 332 pleasant ones.
Lighter on events: San Diego packs 7.3× more into a month.
74/100
1% lower than San Diego
vs 75/100 in San Diego
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
3% lower than San Diego
vs 99/100 in San Diego
0
100% fewer than San Diego
vs 55 nonstops in San Diego
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