same $100k income, fresh start from Indianapolis
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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
pricier each month than Indianapolis
Riverside doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Riverside is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
65% more expensive than Indianapolis(vs $1,511/mo)
9.3%
$525/mo more in state tax than Indianapolis
vs 3% in Indianapolis
$5,065/mo
$1,507 less than Indianapolis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
101% more expensive than Indianapolis
vs $296k in Indianapolis
4.7M
vs 2.1M in Indianapolis
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Indianapolis barely cracks 174 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Indianapolis's 0.
93% fewer events than Indianapolis. The pace eases up.
69/100
11% higher than Indianapolis
vs 62/100 in Indianapolis
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
7% lower than Indianapolis
vs 99/100 in Indianapolis
14
60% fewer than Indianapolis
vs 35 nonstops in Indianapolis
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