same $100k income, fresh start from El Paso
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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
more expensive each month than El Paso
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
69% more expensive than El Paso(vs $1,473/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than El Paso
vs 0% in El Paso
$5,065/mo
$1,795 less than El Paso
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
157% more expensive than El Paso
vs $231k in El Paso
4.7M
vs 872k in El Paso
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
El Paso only manages 222 of those.
Lighter on events: El Paso packs 5.0× more into a month.
69/100
6% higher than El Paso
vs 65/100 in El Paso
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
1% lower than El Paso
vs 93/100 in El Paso
14
8% more than El Paso
vs 13 nonstops in El Paso
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