$100k salary, packing up from Fayetteville
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
the monthly premium over 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
69% more expensive than Fayetteville(vs $1,477/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.5% in Fayetteville
$5,065/mo
$1,416 less than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
131% more expensive than Fayetteville
vs $258k in Fayetteville
4.7M
vs 392k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Fayetteville only manages 193 of those. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 14 back in Fayetteville.
Fayetteville hosts 2.5× more events.
69/100
35% higher than Fayetteville
vs 51/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
21% higher than Fayetteville
vs 76/100 in Fayetteville
14
250% more than Fayetteville
vs 4 nonstops in Fayetteville
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