$100k a year, no longer in Des Moines
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 each month than Des Moines ran you
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
97% more expensive than Des Moines(vs $1,268/mo)
9.3%
$275/mo more in state tax than Des Moines
vs 6% in Des Moines
$5,065/mo
$1,500 less than Des Moines
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
99% more expensive than Des Moines
vs $300k in Des Moines
4.7M
vs 737k in Des Moines
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Des Moines only logs 151 pleasant days. Summer asks for something in return: 47 days top 95° here, 7 in Des Moines.
87% fewer events than Des Moines. The pace eases up.
69/100
25% higher than Des Moines
vs 55/100 in Des Moines
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
18% higher than Des Moines
vs 78/100 in Des Moines
14
18% fewer than Des Moines
vs 17 nonstops in Des Moines
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