$100k a year, no longer in Asheville
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 Asheville ran you
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
43% more expensive than Asheville(vs $1,738/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Asheville
vs 4.5% in Asheville
$5,065/mo
$1,155 less than Asheville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
38% more expensive than Asheville
vs $430k in Asheville
4.7M
vs 417k in Asheville
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Asheville only logs 201 pleasant days. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Asheville's 0.
Asheville hosts 5.8× more events.
69/100
5% higher than Asheville
vs 66/100 in Asheville
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
46% higher than Asheville
vs 63/100 in Asheville
14
75% more than Asheville
vs 8 nonstops in Asheville
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