same $100k income, fresh start from Columbus
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
pricier each month than Columbus
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
97% more expensive than Columbus(vs $1,264/mo)
9.3%
$318/mo more in state tax than Columbus
vs 5.49% in Columbus
$5,065/mo
$1,547 less than Columbus
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
186% more expensive than Columbus
vs $208k in Columbus
4.7M
vs 329k in Columbus
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Columbus only logs 177 pleasant days.
Columbus hosts 3.8× more events.
69/100
47% higher than Columbus
vs 47/100 in Columbus
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
18% higher than Columbus
vs 78/100 in Columbus
14
1300% more than Columbus
vs 1 nonstops in Columbus
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