$100k salary, packing up from Jacksonville
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 Jacksonville
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
48% more expensive than Jacksonville(vs $1,679/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Jacksonville
vs 0% in Jacksonville
$5,065/mo
$1,589 less than Jacksonville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
66% more expensive than Jacksonville
vs $358k in Jacksonville
4.7M
vs 1.7M in Jacksonville
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Jacksonville only manages 198 of those. Summer is real but not punishing: 47 days top 95° vs Jacksonville's 27.
Noticeably quieter than Jacksonville. About 88% fewer events on a typical month.
69/100
8% higher than Jacksonville
vs 64/100 in Jacksonville
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
1% lower than Jacksonville
vs 93/100 in Jacksonville
14
46% fewer than Jacksonville
vs 26 nonstops in Jacksonville
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