on $100k a year, leaving Miami
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 Miami ran you
You'd pay for Riverside. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
6% cheaper than Miami(vs $2,665/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Miami
vs 0% in Miami
$5,065/mo
$603 less than Miami
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
5% more expensive than Miami
vs $565k in Miami
4.7M
vs 6.2M in Miami
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Miami actually gets more: 272 pleasant days a year. Bring the AC. 47 days a year clear 95°, well past Miami's 0.
But the calendar thins out: Miami stays 164.3× busier.
69/100
10% lower than Miami
vs 77/100 in Miami
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
5% lower than Miami
vs 97/100 in Miami
14
92% fewer than Miami
vs 167 nonstops in Miami
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