$100k salary, packing up from Cleveland
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 premium over Cleveland
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
76% more expensive than Cleveland(vs $1,419/mo)
9.3%
$443/mo more in state tax than Cleveland
vs 3.99% in Cleveland
$5,065/mo
$1,517 less than Cleveland
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
136% more expensive than Cleveland
vs $252k in Cleveland
4.7M
vs 2.2M in Cleveland
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Cleveland keeps to 159 pleasant days a year. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 0 in Cleveland.
93% fewer events than Cleveland. The pace eases up.
69/100
10% higher than Cleveland
vs 63/100 in Cleveland
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
4% lower than Cleveland
vs 96/100 in Cleveland
14
75% fewer than Cleveland
vs 56 nonstops in Cleveland
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