with $100k coming in, swapping out of Oklahoma City
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 expensive each month than Oklahoma City
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
81% more expensive than Oklahoma City(vs $1,376/mo)
9.3%
$379/mo more in state tax than Oklahoma City
vs 4.75% in Oklahoma City
$5,065/mo
$1,497 less than Oklahoma City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
142% more expensive than Oklahoma City
vs $246k in Oklahoma City
4.7M
vs 1.5M in Oklahoma City
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Oklahoma City only logs 191 pleasant days. Summers run hot, though: 47 days above 95° vs Oklahoma City's 26.
Lighter on events: Oklahoma City packs 8.2× more into a month.
69/100
53% higher than Oklahoma City
vs 45/100 in Oklahoma City
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
26% higher than Oklahoma City
vs 73/100 in Oklahoma City
14
30% fewer than Oklahoma City
vs 20 nonstops in Oklahoma City
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