on $100k a year, leaving Gainesville
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 Gainesville
Riverside costs noticeably more than Gainesville. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
52% more expensive than Gainesville(vs $1,645/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Gainesville
vs 0% in Gainesville
$5,065/mo
$1,623 less than Gainesville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
88% more expensive than Gainesville
vs $317k in Gainesville
4.7M
vs 350k in Gainesville
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Gainesville keeps to 206 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 17 back in Gainesville.
2.0× the events of Gainesville, and the calendar shows it.
69/100
10% higher than Gainesville
vs 63/100 in Gainesville
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
1% higher than Gainesville
vs 91/100 in Gainesville
14
180% more than Gainesville
vs 5 nonstops in Gainesville
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