on $100k a year, leaving Memphis
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 Memphis ran you
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
74% more expensive than Memphis(vs $1,436/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Memphis
vs 0% in Memphis
$5,065/mo
$1,832 less than Memphis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
144% more expensive than Memphis
vs $244k in Memphis
4.7M
vs 1.3M in Memphis
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Memphis keeps to 185 pleasant days a year. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 6 in Memphis.
83% fewer events than Memphis. The pace eases up.
69/100
23% higher than Memphis
vs 56/100 in Memphis
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
3% higher than Memphis
vs 89/100 in Memphis
14
56% fewer than Memphis
vs 32 nonstops in Memphis
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