with $100k coming in, swapping out of Wichita
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 Wichita
Oxnard is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,995/mo
155% more expensive than Wichita(vs $1,173/mo)
9.3%
$300/mo more in state tax than Wichita
vs 5.7% in Wichita
$4,563/mo
$2,122 less than Wichita
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$923k
317% more expensive than Wichita
vs $221k in Wichita
830k
vs 653k in Wichita
field notes, weather & such.
342
pleasant days a year, in oxnard.
Wichita barely cracks 164 pleasant ones.
33% more happening than in Wichita.
74/100
42% higher than Wichita
vs 52/100 in Wichita
Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.
96/100
39% higher than Wichita
vs 69/100 in Wichita
0
100% fewer than Wichita
vs 11 nonstops in Wichita
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