$100k a year, no longer in Boulder
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 cost of moving past Boulder
Riverside costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
13% more expensive than Boulder(vs $2,216/mo)
9.3%
$408/mo more in state tax than Boulder
vs 4.4% in Boulder
$5,065/mo
$686 less than Boulder
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
24% cheaper than Boulder
vs $783k in Boulder
4.7M
vs 327k in Boulder
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Boulder only manages 178 of those. Summer is real but not punishing: 47 days top 95° vs Boulder's 13.
About as much going on as in Boulder.
69/100
13% lower than Boulder
vs 79/100 in Boulder
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
10% higher than Boulder
vs 84/100 in Boulder
14
92% fewer than Boulder
vs 169 nonstops in Boulder
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