same $100k income, fresh start from Fayetteville
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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
pricier each month than Fayetteville
Riverside costs noticeably more than Fayetteville. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
55% more expensive than Fayetteville(vs $1,606/mo)
9.3%
$408/mo more in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.4% in Fayetteville
$5,065/mo
$1,296 less than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
62% more expensive than Fayetteville
vs $367k in Fayetteville
4.7M
vs 590k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Fayetteville keeps to 170 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 16 back in Fayetteville.
A similar weekend lineup to Fayetteville.
69/100
8% higher than Fayetteville
vs 64/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
12% higher than Fayetteville
vs 82/100 in Fayetteville
14
0% fewer than Fayetteville
vs 14 nonstops in Fayetteville
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