with $100k coming in, swapping out of Montgomery
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 Montgomery
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
81% more expensive than Montgomery(vs $1,376/mo)
9.3%
$358/mo more in state tax than Montgomery
vs 5% in Montgomery
$5,065/mo
$1,476 less than Montgomery
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
181% more expensive than Montgomery
vs $212k in Montgomery
4.7M
vs 385k in Montgomery
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Montgomery barely cracks 181 pleasant ones. Hot stretches show up, though: 47 days above 95° here, 29 in Montgomery.
Montgomery hosts 5.3× more events.
69/100
57% higher than Montgomery
vs 44/100 in Montgomery
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
51% higher than Montgomery
vs 61/100 in Montgomery
14
367% more than Montgomery
vs 3 nonstops in Montgomery
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