$100k a year, no longer in Fort Collins
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 cost of moving past Fort Collins
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
26% more expensive than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)
9.3%
$408/mo more in state tax than Fort Collins
vs 4.4% in Fort Collins
$5,065/mo
$931 less than Fort Collins
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
4% more expensive than Fort Collins
vs $572k in Fort Collins
4.7M
vs 371k in Fort Collins
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Fort Collins only logs 177 pleasant days. Hot stretches show up, though: 47 days above 95° here, 11 in Fort Collins.
6.0× the events of Fort Collins, and the calendar shows it.
69/100
0% lower than Fort Collins
vs 69/100 in Fort Collins
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
7% higher than Fort Collins
vs 86/100 in Fort Collins
14
92% fewer than Fort Collins
vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins
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