with $100k coming in, swapping out of Corpus Christi
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 Corpus Christi
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
77% more expensive than Corpus Christi(vs $1,410/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Corpus Christi
vs 0% in Corpus Christi
$5,065/mo
$1,858 less than Corpus Christi
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
169% more expensive than Corpus Christi
vs $221k in Corpus Christi
4.7M
vs 446k in Corpus Christi
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Corpus Christi only manages 171 of those.
But the calendar thins out: Corpus Christi stays 2.8× busier.
69/100
38% higher than Corpus Christi
vs 50/100 in Corpus Christi
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
31% higher than Corpus Christi
vs 70/100 in Corpus Christi
14
250% more than Corpus Christi
vs 4 nonstops in Corpus Christi
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