same $100k income, fresh start from Baton Rouge
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 expensive each month than Baton Rouge
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
83% more expensive than Baton Rouge(vs $1,361/mo)
9.3%
$525/mo more in state tax than Baton Rouge
vs 3% in Baton Rouge
$5,065/mo
$1,657 less than Baton Rouge
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
138% more expensive than Baton Rouge
vs $250k in Baton Rouge
4.7M
vs 874k in Baton Rouge
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Baton Rouge only logs 187 pleasant days. Hot stretches show up, though: 47 days above 95° here, 25 in Baton Rouge.
Baton Rouge hosts 2.5× more events.
69/100
38% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 50/100 in Baton Rouge
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
23% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 75/100 in Baton Rouge
14
250% more than Baton Rouge
vs 4 nonstops in Baton Rouge
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