with $100k coming in, swapping out of Lubbock
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
the monthly cost of moving past Lubbock
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
80% more expensive than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Lubbock
vs 0% in Lubbock
$5,065/mo
$1,884 less than Lubbock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
182% more expensive than Lubbock
vs $211k in Lubbock
4.7M
vs 360k in Lubbock
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Lubbock only logs 186 pleasant days.
About as much going on as in Lubbock.
69/100
1280% higher than Lubbock
vs 5/100 in Lubbock
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
33% higher than Lubbock
vs 69/100 in Lubbock
14
100% more than Lubbock
vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock
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