on $100k a year, leaving New Orleans
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 New Orleans 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
55% more expensive than New Orleans(vs $1,612/mo)
9.3%
$525/mo more in state tax than New Orleans
vs 3% in New Orleans
$5,065/mo
$1,406 less than New Orleans
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
130% more expensive than New Orleans
vs $259k in New Orleans
4.7M
vs 962k in New Orleans
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
New Orleans only logs 235 pleasant days. Summer asks for something in return: 47 days top 95° here, 3 in New Orleans.
Lighter on events: New Orleans packs 16.0× more into a month.
69/100
25% higher than New Orleans
vs 55/100 in New Orleans
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
6% lower than New Orleans
vs 98/100 in New Orleans
14
64% fewer than New Orleans
vs 39 nonstops in New Orleans
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