$100k salary, packing up from Chattanooga
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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 cost of moving past Chattanooga
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
64% more expensive than Chattanooga(vs $1,524/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Chattanooga
vs 0% in Chattanooga
$5,065/mo
$1,744 less than Chattanooga
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
85% more expensive than Chattanooga
vs $322k in Chattanooga
4.7M
vs 580k in Chattanooga
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Chattanooga only manages 167 of those. Summer is real but not punishing: 47 days top 95° vs Chattanooga's 16.
Lighter on events: Chattanooga packs 3.8× more into a month.
69/100
0% lower than Chattanooga
vs 69/100 in Chattanooga
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
12% higher than Chattanooga
vs 82/100 in Chattanooga
14
75% more than Chattanooga
vs 8 nonstops in Chattanooga
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