with $100k coming in, swapping out of Augusta
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
the monthly premium over Augusta
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
73% more expensive than Augusta(vs $1,443/mo)
9.3%
$318/mo more in state tax than Augusta
vs 5.49% in Augusta
$5,065/mo
$1,368 less than Augusta
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
141% more expensive than Augusta
vs $247k in Augusta
4.7M
vs 628k in Augusta
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Augusta barely cracks 191 pleasant ones. Hot stretches show up, though: 47 days above 95° here, 29 in Augusta.
A real upgrade on things to do: 2.0× Augusta's pace.
69/100
50% higher than Augusta
vs 46/100 in Augusta
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
24% higher than Augusta
vs 74/100 in Augusta
14
367% more than Augusta
vs 3 nonstops in Augusta
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