same $100k income, fresh start from Boston
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
cheaper each month than Boston
Not a fortune, but real money. Riverside runs cheaper than Boston month over month.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
21% cheaper than Boston(vs $3,145/mo)
9.3%
$358/mo more in state tax than Boston
vs 5% in Boston
$5,065/mo
$293 more than Boston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
23% cheaper than Boston
vs $771k in Boston
4.7M
vs 4.9M in Boston
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Boston keeps to 160 pleasant days a year. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 2 in Boston.
But the calendar thins out: Boston stays 28.0× busier.
69/100
3% lower than Boston
vs 71/100 in Boston
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
6% lower than Boston
vs 98/100 in Boston
14
86% fewer than Boston
vs 103 nonstops in Boston
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