with $100k coming in, swapping out of Albany
changea dispatch from
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
pricier each month than Albany
Riverside doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Riverside is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
52% more expensive than Albany(vs $1,643/mo)
9.3%
$287/mo more in state tax than Albany
vs 5.85% in Albany
$5,065/mo
$1,138 less than Albany
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
65% more expensive than Albany
vs $361k in Albany
4.7M
vs 905k in Albany
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Albany only logs 147 pleasant days. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Albany's 0.
But the calendar thins out: Albany stays 4.3× busier.
69/100
4% lower than Albany
vs 72/100 in Albany
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
1% higher than Albany
vs 91/100 in Albany
14
26% fewer than Albany
vs 19 nonstops in Albany
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