with $100k coming in, swapping out of Hickory
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 Hickory
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
74% more expensive than Hickory(vs $1,434/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Hickory
vs 4.5% in Hickory
$5,065/mo
$1,459 less than Hickory
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
122% more expensive than Hickory
vs $268k in Hickory
4.7M
vs 370k in Hickory
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Hickory barely cracks 189 pleasant ones. Hot stretches show up, though: 47 days above 95° here, 11 in Hickory.
But the calendar thins out: Hickory stays 3.2× busier.
69/100
8% higher than Hickory
vs 64/100 in Hickory
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
31% higher than Hickory
vs 70/100 in Hickory
14
0% fewer than Hickory
vs 0 nonstops in Hickory
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