$100k a year, no longer in Tampa
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 cost of moving past Tampa
Oxnard doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Oxnard is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
50% more expensive than Tampa(vs $1,996/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Tampa
vs 0% in Tampa
$4,563/mo
$1,774 less than Tampa
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
147% more expensive than Tampa
vs $374k in Tampa
830k
vs 3.3M in Tampa
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Tampa barely cracks 243 pleasant ones.
Noticeably quieter than Tampa. About 50% fewer events on a typical month.
74/100
19% higher than Tampa
vs 62/100 in Tampa
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
4% higher than Tampa
vs 92/100 in Tampa
0
100% fewer than Tampa
vs 68 nonstops in Tampa
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