with $100k coming in, swapping out of Birmingham
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 Birmingham
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
77% more expensive than Birmingham(vs $1,407/mo)
9.3%
$358/mo more in state tax than Birmingham
vs 5% in Birmingham
$5,065/mo
$1,445 less than Birmingham
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
128% more expensive than Birmingham
vs $261k in Birmingham
4.7M
vs 1.2M in Birmingham
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Birmingham keeps to 171 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 47 days top 95° vs Birmingham's 28.
93% fewer events than Birmingham. The pace eases up.
69/100
13% higher than Birmingham
vs 61/100 in Birmingham
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
16% higher than Birmingham
vs 79/100 in Birmingham
14
30% fewer than Birmingham
vs 20 nonstops in Birmingham
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