on $100k a year, leaving Huntsville
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
pricier each month than Huntsville
Riverside costs noticeably more than Huntsville. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
81% more expensive than Huntsville(vs $1,374/mo)
9.3%
$358/mo more in state tax than Huntsville
vs 5% in Huntsville
$5,065/mo
$1,478 less than Huntsville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
89% more expensive than Huntsville
vs $316k in Huntsville
4.7M
vs 527k in Huntsville
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Huntsville keeps to 177 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 13 back in Huntsville.
Noticeably quieter than Huntsville. About 81% fewer events on a typical month.
69/100
19% higher than Huntsville
vs 58/100 in Huntsville
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
31% higher than Huntsville
vs 70/100 in Huntsville
14
56% more than Huntsville
vs 9 nonstops in Huntsville
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