$100k a year, no longer in Milwaukee
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 Milwaukee ran you
Riverside doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Riverside is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
66% more expensive than Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)
9.3%
$252/mo more in state tax than Milwaukee
vs 6.27% in Milwaukee
$5,065/mo
$1,242 less than Milwaukee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
51% more expensive than Milwaukee
vs $394k in Milwaukee
4.7M
vs 1.6M in Milwaukee
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Milwaukee only logs 149 pleasant days. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Milwaukee's 0.
Milwaukee hosts 11.7× more events.
69/100
13% higher than Milwaukee
vs 61/100 in Milwaukee
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
6% lower than Milwaukee
vs 98/100 in Milwaukee
14
53% fewer than Milwaukee
vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee
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