$100k a year, no longer in Allentown
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
more each month than Allentown ran you
Riverside costs noticeably more than Allentown. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
38% more expensive than Allentown(vs $1,809/mo)
9.3%
$519/mo more in state tax than Allentown
vs 3.07% in Allentown
$5,065/mo
$1,204 less than Allentown
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
66% more expensive than Allentown
vs $359k in Allentown
4.7M
vs 874k in Allentown
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Allentown only manages 157 of those. Bring the AC. 47 days a year clear 95°, well past Allentown's 2.
Allentown hosts 4.5× more events.
69/100
5% lower than Allentown
vs 73/100 in Allentown
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
7% higher than Allentown
vs 86/100 in Allentown
14
56% more than Allentown
vs 9 nonstops in Allentown
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