$100k salary, packing up from Dallas
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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 Dallas
Riverside costs noticeably more than Dallas. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
51% more expensive than Dallas(vs $1,647/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Dallas
vs 0% in Dallas
$5,065/mo
$1,621 less than Dallas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
62% more expensive than Dallas
vs $367k in Dallas
4.7M
vs 8.1M in Dallas
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Dallas keeps to 171 pleasant days a year.
Dallas hosts 73.3× more events.
69/100
21% higher than Dallas
vs 57/100 in Dallas
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
1% lower than Dallas
vs 93/100 in Dallas
14
93% fewer than Dallas
vs 190 nonstops in Dallas
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