same $100k income, fresh start from Lincoln
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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
more expensive each month than Lincoln
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
90% more expensive than Lincoln(vs $1,311/mo)
9.3%
$288/mo more in state tax than Lincoln
vs 5.84% in Lincoln
$5,065/mo
$1,471 less than Lincoln
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
97% more expensive than Lincoln
vs $302k in Lincoln
4.7M
vs 344k in Lincoln
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Lincoln barely cracks 152 pleasant ones. Summers run hot, though: 47 days above 95° vs Lincoln's 13.
Lighter on events: Lincoln packs 4.2× more into a month.
69/100
30% higher than Lincoln
vs 53/100 in Lincoln
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
23% higher than Lincoln
vs 75/100 in Lincoln
14
367% more than Lincoln
vs 3 nonstops in Lincoln
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