$100k salary, packing up from Springfield
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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the monthly premium over Springfield
Oxnard is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
57% more expensive than Springfield(vs $1,913/mo)
9.3%
$358/mo more in state tax than Springfield
vs 5% in Springfield
$4,563/mo
$1,441 less than Springfield
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
148% more expensive than Springfield
vs $373k in Springfield
830k
vs 460k in Springfield
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Springfield only logs 147 pleasant days.
A month here packs 4.0× the events of Springfield.
74/100
12% higher than Springfield
vs 66/100 in Springfield
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
10% higher than Springfield
vs 87/100 in Springfield
0
100% fewer than Springfield
vs 26 nonstops in Springfield
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