$100k a year, no longer in San Luis Obispo
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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under San Luis Obispo, every month
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Oxnard is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
3% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$4,563/mo
$100 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
1% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
830k
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
San Luis Obispo barely cracks 303 pleasant ones.
A real upgrade on things to do: 2.4× San Luis Obispo's pace.
74/100
9% higher than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
2% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
0
100% fewer than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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