same $100k income, fresh start from Charleston
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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
more each month than Charleston ran you
Riverside costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
25% more expensive than Charleston(vs $1,987/mo)
9.3%
$233/mo more in state tax than Charleston
vs 6.5% in Charleston
$5,065/mo
$740 less than Charleston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
38% more expensive than Charleston
vs $432k in Charleston
4.7M
vs 849k in Charleston
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Charleston only manages 212 of those. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 10 back in Charleston.
Noticeably quieter than Charleston. About 85% fewer events on a typical month.
69/100
3% higher than Charleston
vs 67/100 in Charleston
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
0% lower than Charleston
vs 92/100 in Charleston
14
30% fewer than Charleston
vs 20 nonstops in Charleston
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