$100k a year, no longer in Kennewick
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 cost of moving past Kennewick
Riverside costs noticeably more than Kennewick. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
48% more expensive than Kennewick(vs $1,686/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Kennewick
vs 0% in Kennewick
$5,065/mo
$1,582 less than Kennewick
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
35% more expensive than Kennewick
vs $441k in Kennewick
4.7M
vs 314k in Kennewick
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Kennewick keeps to 199 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 26 back in Kennewick.
6.0× the events of Kennewick, and the calendar shows it.
69/100
7% lower than Kennewick
vs 74/100 in Kennewick
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
67% higher than Kennewick
vs 55/100 in Kennewick
14
75% more than Kennewick
vs 8 nonstops in Kennewick
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