$100k salary, packing up from Olympia
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 premium over Olympia
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
25% more expensive than Olympia(vs $1,991/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Olympia
vs 0% in Olympia
$5,065/mo
$1,277 less than Olympia
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
12% more expensive than Olympia
vs $533k in Olympia
4.7M
vs 299k in Olympia
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Olympia keeps to 182 pleasant days a year. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 0 in Olympia.
69/100
14% lower than Olympia
vs 80/100 in Olympia
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
5% higher than Olympia
vs 88/100 in Olympia
14
84% fewer than Olympia
vs 90 nonstops in Olympia
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