same $100k income, fresh start from Knoxville
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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 Knoxville
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
44% more expensive than Knoxville(vs $1,731/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Knoxville
vs 0% in Knoxville
$5,065/mo
$1,537 less than Knoxville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
64% more expensive than Knoxville
vs $364k in Knoxville
4.7M
vs 947k in Knoxville
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Knoxville barely cracks 189 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Knoxville's 3.
86% fewer events than Knoxville. The pace eases up.
69/100
0% lower than Knoxville
vs 69/100 in Knoxville
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
30% higher than Knoxville
vs 71/100 in Knoxville
14
18% fewer than Knoxville
vs 17 nonstops in Knoxville
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