on $100k a year, leaving Lansing
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 Lansing
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
98% more expensive than Lansing(vs $1,259/mo)
9.3%
$421/mo more in state tax than Lansing
vs 4.25% in Lansing
$5,065/mo
$1,655 less than Lansing
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
144% more expensive than Lansing
vs $244k in Lansing
4.7M
vs 473k in Lansing
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Lansing barely cracks 153 pleasant ones. Summer asks for something in return: 47 days top 95° here, 0 in Lansing.
Lighter on events: Lansing packs 3.0× more into a month.
69/100
21% higher than Lansing
vs 57/100 in Lansing
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
15% higher than Lansing
vs 80/100 in Lansing
14
133% more than Lansing
vs 6 nonstops in Lansing
if riverside appeals, also worth a look:
compare riverside with:
