same $100k income, fresh start from Fresno
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 Fresno
You'd pay for Riverside. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
25% more expensive than Fresno(vs $1,999/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in Fresno
$5,065/mo
$494 less than Fresno
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
43% more expensive than Fresno
vs $418k in Fresno
4.7M
vs 1.2M in Fresno
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Fresno only manages 206 of those.
84% fewer events than Fresno. The pace eases up.
69/100
5% higher than Fresno
vs 66/100 in Fresno
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
3% higher than Fresno
vs 89/100 in Fresno
14
27% more than Fresno
vs 11 nonstops in Fresno
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