same $100k income, fresh start from Louisville
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 expensive each month than Louisville
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
82% more expensive than Louisville(vs $1,368/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Louisville
vs 4.5% in Louisville
$5,065/mo
$1,525 less than Louisville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
111% more expensive than Louisville
vs $282k in Louisville
4.7M
vs 1.4M in Louisville
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Louisville barely cracks 181 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Louisville's 1.
Noticeably quieter than Louisville. About 93% fewer events on a typical month.
69/100
28% higher than Louisville
vs 54/100 in Louisville
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
2% lower than Louisville
vs 94/100 in Louisville
14
36% fewer than Louisville
vs 22 nonstops in Louisville
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