with $100k coming in, swapping out of San Francisco
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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less monthly outlay than San Francisco
Cost barely budges between Oxnard and San Francisco. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
5% cheaper than San Francisco(vs $3,146/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in San Francisco
$4,563/mo
$151 more than San Francisco
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
26% cheaper than San Francisco
vs $1239k in San Francisco
830k
vs 4.6M in San Francisco
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
San Francisco barely cracks 312 pleasant ones.
San Francisco hosts 10.8× more events.
74/100
11% lower than San Francisco
vs 83/100 in San Francisco
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
3% lower than San Francisco
vs 99/100 in San Francisco
0
100% fewer than San Francisco
vs 111 nonstops in San Francisco
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