same $100k income, fresh start from Washington
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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more each month than Washington ran you
Oxnard runs a little pricier than Washington. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
27% more expensive than Washington(vs $2,352/mo)
9.3%
$67/mo more in state tax than Washington
vs 8.5% in Washington
$4,563/mo
$710 less than Washington
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
47% more expensive than Washington
vs $626k in Washington
830k
vs 6.3M in Washington
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Washington barely cracks 177 pleasant ones.
Lighter on events: Washington packs 6.7× more into a month.
74/100
15% lower than Washington
vs 87/100 in Washington
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
2% lower than Washington
vs 98/100 in Washington
0
100% fewer than Washington
vs 160 nonstops in Washington
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