same $100k income, fresh start from Akron
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riverside
CA
33.98°N
117.37°W
Riverside is where the navel orange got its start in America, with the parent tree from 1873 still alive and producing fruit on a downtown corner. The Mission Inn is a wildly ornate Spanish Revival hotel that hosts the country's biggest holiday lights festival. Riverside's downtown is genuinely walkable, with citrus groves still scattered through the foothills. Summers are dry and bright, with the foothills cooling the evenings.
the verdict
more expensive each month than Akron
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
98% more expensive than Akron(vs $1,259/mo)
9.3%
$443/mo more in state tax than Akron
vs 3.99% in Akron
$5,065/mo
$1,677 less than Akron
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
152% more expensive than Akron
vs $236k in Akron
4.7M
vs 698k in Akron
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Akron only logs 152 pleasant days. Summer asks for something in return: 47 days top 95° here, 1 in Akron.
82% fewer events than Akron. The pace eases up.
69/100
6% higher than Akron
vs 65/100 in Akron
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
21% higher than Akron
vs 76/100 in Akron
14
27% more than Akron
vs 11 nonstops in Akron
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