with $100k coming in, swapping out of Fort Wayne
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 expensive each month than Fort Wayne
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
110% more expensive than Fort Wayne(vs $1,187/mo)
9.3%
$525/mo more in state tax than Fort Wayne
vs 3% in Fort Wayne
$5,065/mo
$1,831 less than Fort Wayne
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
134% more expensive than Fort Wayne
vs $254k in Fort Wayne
4.7M
vs 458k in Fort Wayne
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Fort Wayne keeps to 161 pleasant days a year. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 0 in Fort Wayne.
71% fewer events than Fort Wayne. The pace eases up.
69/100
50% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 46/100 in Fort Wayne
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
2% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 90/100 in Fort Wayne
14
40% more than Fort Wayne
vs 10 nonstops in Fort Wayne
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