$100k salary, packing up from Bridgeport
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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 Bridgeport
A small premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the rest of the city earns it back.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
10% cheaper than Bridgeport(vs $2,767/mo)
9.3%
$317/mo more in state tax than Bridgeport
vs 5.5% in Bridgeport
$5,065/mo
$43 less than Bridgeport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
22% cheaper than Bridgeport
vs $768k in Bridgeport
4.7M
vs 952k in Bridgeport
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Bridgeport keeps to 172 pleasant days a year. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 0 in Bridgeport.
A similar weekend lineup to Bridgeport.
69/100
8% higher than Bridgeport
vs 64/100 in Bridgeport
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
0% lower than Bridgeport
vs 92/100 in Bridgeport
14
1300% more than Bridgeport
vs 1 nonstops in Bridgeport
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