$100k a year, no longer in Madison
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 Madison ran you
Riverside costs noticeably more than Madison. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
49% more expensive than Madison(vs $1,673/mo)
9.3%
$252/mo more in state tax than Madison
vs 6.27% in Madison
$5,065/mo
$1,073 less than Madison
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
28% more expensive than Madison
vs $465k in Madison
4.7M
vs 694k in Madison
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Madison keeps to 147 pleasant days a year. Bring the AC. 47 days a year clear 95°, well past Madison's 0.
Noticeably quieter than Madison. About 85% fewer events on a typical month.
69/100
3% higher than Madison
vs 67/100 in Madison
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
5% higher than Madison
vs 88/100 in Madison
14
27% more than Madison
vs 11 nonstops in Madison
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