on $100k a year, leaving Las Vegas
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
more each month than Las Vegas ran you
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
44% more expensive than Las Vegas(vs $1,731/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Las Vegas
vs 0% in Las Vegas
$5,065/mo
$1,537 less than Las Vegas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
32% more expensive than Las Vegas
vs $451k in Las Vegas
4.7M
vs 2.3M in Las Vegas
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Las Vegas keeps to 210 pleasant days a year.
Lighter on events: Las Vegas packs 584.7× more into a month.
69/100
14% lower than Las Vegas
vs 80/100 in Las Vegas
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
12% higher than Las Vegas
vs 82/100 in Las Vegas
14
89% fewer than Las Vegas
vs 133 nonstops in Las Vegas
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