with $100k coming in, swapping out of Kansas City
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 Kansas City
Riverside costs noticeably more than Kansas City. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
66% more expensive than Kansas City(vs $1,502/mo)
9.3%
$383/mo more in state tax than Kansas City
vs 4.7% in Kansas City
$5,065/mo
$1,375 less than Kansas City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
82% more expensive than Kansas City
vs $326k in Kansas City
4.7M
vs 2.2M in Kansas City
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Kansas City keeps to 170 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 8 back in Kansas City.
But the calendar thins out: Kansas City stays 14.0× busier.
69/100
23% higher than Kansas City
vs 56/100 in Kansas City
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
2% lower than Kansas City
vs 94/100 in Kansas City
14
67% fewer than Kansas City
vs 43 nonstops in Kansas City
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