with $100k coming in, swapping out of Atlanta
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 Atlanta
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
37% more expensive than Atlanta(vs $1,814/mo)
9.3%
$318/mo more in state tax than Atlanta
vs 5.49% in Atlanta
$5,065/mo
$997 less than Atlanta
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
54% more expensive than Atlanta
vs $386k in Atlanta
4.7M
vs 6.3M in Atlanta
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Atlanta only manages 204 of those. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 2 in Atlanta.
But the calendar thins out: Atlanta stays 39.8× busier.
69/100
3% higher than Atlanta
vs 67/100 in Atlanta
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
1% lower than Atlanta
vs 93/100 in Atlanta
14
94% fewer than Atlanta
vs 217 nonstops in Atlanta
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