same $100k income, fresh start from Boise
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 Boise
Riverside costs noticeably more than Boise. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
39% more expensive than Boise(vs $1,794/mo)
9.3%
$292/mo more in state tax than Boise
vs 5.8% in Boise
$5,065/mo
$991 less than Boise
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
21% more expensive than Boise
vs $490k in Boise
4.7M
vs 827k in Boise
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Boise keeps to 166 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 27 back in Boise.
But the calendar thins out: Boise stays 6.5× busier.
69/100
16% lower than Boise
vs 82/100 in Boise
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
4% lower than Boise
vs 96/100 in Boise
14
12% fewer than Boise
vs 16 nonstops in Boise
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