with $100k coming in, swapping out of Baltimore
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 Baltimore
Riverside runs a little pricier than Baltimore. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
33% more expensive than Baltimore(vs $1,868/mo)
9.3%
$92/mo more in state tax than Baltimore
vs 8.2% in Baltimore
$5,065/mo
$717 less than Baltimore
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
44% more expensive than Baltimore
vs $412k in Baltimore
4.7M
vs 2.8M in Baltimore
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Baltimore barely cracks 168 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Baltimore's 4.
Lighter on events: Baltimore packs 11.2× more into a month.
69/100
5% higher than Baltimore
vs 66/100 in Baltimore
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
6% lower than Baltimore
vs 98/100 in Baltimore
14
81% fewer than Baltimore
vs 72 nonstops in Baltimore
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