same $100k income, fresh start from Dayton
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 Dayton
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
89% more expensive than Dayton(vs $1,321/mo)
9.3%
$443/mo more in state tax than Dayton
vs 3.99% in Dayton
$5,065/mo
$1,615 less than Dayton
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
329% more expensive than Dayton
vs $139k in Dayton
4.7M
vs 808k in Dayton
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Dayton only logs 171 pleasant days. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Dayton's 0.
Lighter on events: Dayton packs 2.3× more into a month.
69/100
11% higher than Dayton
vs 62/100 in Dayton
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
3% higher than Dayton
vs 89/100 in Dayton
14
12% fewer than Dayton
vs 16 nonstops in Dayton
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