same $100k income, fresh start from Omaha
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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 Omaha ran you
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
77% more expensive than Omaha(vs $1,412/mo)
9.3%
$288/mo more in state tax than Omaha
vs 5.84% in Omaha
$5,065/mo
$1,370 less than Omaha
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
94% more expensive than Omaha
vs $306k in Omaha
4.7M
vs 985k in Omaha
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Omaha keeps to 145 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 47 days top 95° vs Omaha's 11.
But the calendar thins out: Omaha stays 10.3× busier.
69/100
30% higher than Omaha
vs 53/100 in Omaha
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
6% higher than Omaha
vs 87/100 in Omaha
14
26% fewer than Omaha
vs 19 nonstops in Omaha
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