same $100k income, fresh start from Greeley
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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 each month than Greeley ran you
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
47% more expensive than Greeley(vs $1,698/mo)
9.3%
$408/mo more in state tax than Greeley
vs 4.4% in Greeley
$5,065/mo
$1,204 less than Greeley
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
20% more expensive than Greeley
vs $497k in Greeley
4.7M
vs 359k in Greeley
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Greeley keeps to 177 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 47 days top 95° vs Greeley's 11.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 1.5× more on the calendar than Greeley.
69/100
3% higher than Greeley
vs 67/100 in Greeley
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
39% higher than Greeley
vs 66/100 in Greeley
14
92% fewer than Greeley
vs 169 nonstops in Greeley
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