with $100k coming in, swapping out of Columbia
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
more expensive each month than Columbia
Riverside doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Riverside is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
61% more expensive than Columbia(vs $1,551/mo)
9.3%
$233/mo more in state tax than Columbia
vs 6.5% in Columbia
$5,065/mo
$1,176 less than Columbia
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
133% more expensive than Columbia
vs $255k in Columbia
4.7M
vs 857k in Columbia
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Columbia only logs 189 pleasant days. Summers run hot, though: 47 days above 95° vs Columbia's 27.
Columbia hosts 3.2× more events.
69/100
25% higher than Columbia
vs 55/100 in Columbia
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
8% higher than Columbia
vs 85/100 in Columbia
14
40% more than Columbia
vs 10 nonstops in Columbia
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